Coliseum

Homeward Bound for Easter

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March 25th 2007
OK - This is a long one - but worth the read and check out the photos. Off we go for our Italian adventure, Mimi, finbar and myself. Arrive in Pisa at some ungodly hour with no accommodation to be found, as we find over the next week, taking Finbar with us was a wise decision with his accommodation hunting being gold. Good nights sleep and off to Cinque Terre where we spent the next 5 days exp ... read more

Europe » Italy » Sicily

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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