Sagrada Familia

Italy

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October 29th 2006
Day4 (24th) Lyon to Barcelona. Here we visited the famous Roman aqueduct of Pont du Gard then continued off through to the Mediterranean city of Barcelona. Tonight being my birthday All 50 of us went out clubbing and by the time it hit 12am everyone went crazy and drinks were flowing, the locals there offered so much free drinks, that and being my birthday I didn’t pay for one drink. I was also ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more