avanti, avanti

Rafting LE MARMORE

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September 3rd 2005
We caravanned from Frascati to Terni destination waterfall/rapids Marmore! It was a good day to go into the mountains of Italy for a bit of aqua-adventure. We joined the mountaineering club at ESRIN very last minute so we could participate in this outing. I really, didn't want to partake in the festivities being fearful of rapids. In the end I had committed and next thing I realize I'm down ri ... 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