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Day 25 - The Fabulous Cinque Terre

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November 3rd 2013
Clean sheets and hot water.... a good sleep, a quick expresso (I still need sugar to get me through that) and off to the station for breakfast (which we thought was included in our hotel tariff.. but no). Then on the train to Cinque Terre. I was soooooo excited. Unfortunately there were high winds and low cloud and a sprinkling of rain so we haven't seen it at it's best but hey, we've ... 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