Waiting to board

Ancona

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September 3rd 2014
03 September 2014 We drove another 300 miles across Northern Italy to Ancona where along with a 15 van Camping and Caravan Club tour we boarded the ferry for a 24 hour journey across the Adriatic Sea to Patras on the Peloponnese Peninsular in Greece, the area we plan to explore at the start of this trip. Over dinner on the boat we had a long and enjoyable chat swapping trave ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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