A mountain seen across the sunflower field near Coldigioco

Coldigioco, The T-Rex and Pasta

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August 9th 2015
This is day 3 in Coldigioco, in La Marche region of Italy. So beautiful here!! We're in the middle of wine country, surrounded by mountains and fields of sunflowers and grape vines. We've been out for dinner every night so far, to a nearby restaurant called Il Carbonaro, and each night I stuff myself with pasta and wine before realizing that there is still salad and another course of meat afterwar ... read more

Europe » Italy » Marche

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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