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London, Rome, & Heart of Europe

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April 29th 2019
Today we covered a lot of territory as we rode the bus about 250 miles through the Alps, back into Germany, back in to Austria, then to a Italy. Riding on the bus is interesting. You get to see a lot of things if you pay attention. As we drove through the Alps it was raining but then it turned to snow. Snow covered everything and it was beautiful. Once we got back down to lower altitudes everythin ... 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