Monterosso 20230518_191626

Monterosso

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June 7th 2023
We had breakfast in Piazza Garabaldi then made our way to the port. We lined up and eventually a boat came in and the crowd reversed to line up to the other boat only to have a boat lady day saying we needed to line up as we were so the line reversed again in a frenzy. We got off at Portovenere and walked around. Between us we bought shoes, jackets, hats and backpack. Had lunch ink pasta, spaghett ... 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