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Searching out italian roots!

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February 9th 2007
Returning to Madrid following Toledo was bitter sweet. Madrid was a big city...but gorgeous at night. Parting from Nic, who I was originally travelling with, at the Madrid airport, Nic leaving to London to return to his family and myself in search of my italian roots?! I hopped an easyjet flight to Milan as it was the cheapest flight into Italy, and decently close to the home of the Simonettis ... read more

Europe » Italy » Liguria » Genoa

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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