View from the hills

Milan and an unexpected day trip to Verona

August 4th 2012
Milan and Verona My last breakie with Danni at Riomaggiore was had at our favourite bar centrale, where by now I am almost a local! Haha we caught the train to La Spezia, waited an hour for our next train and then blogges for the two and a half hpur trip to Milan. The only eventful thing that happened was my trip to the train toilet. The first one was "full" ewwwww, the second was pretty awful ... read more

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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

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Amanda Lanham

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After 4 and a bit years of teaching Junior Schoool Music at The Cathedral School in Townsville, while also salsa/samba dancing and horse riding in my "spare" time, I have made the decision to send all of my belongings back home to the farm, (thanks Mum and Dad) and become "homeless" (cue Paul Simon music)! My plan was to travel for 12 months through Europe, study fashion design and live in florence and work in Italy while learning the language. As any traveller knows, plans change...and so have mine, many times. I have done things I had never dreamt of, and a few things I had. I am now on... full info

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