On The Cinque Terre Trail

Slices of Paradise

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May 28th 2007
Richard and I are becoming expert packers. We can pack up all our belongings and stuff them into our giants, but still tight-quartered, backpacks with ease now. Almost like carnival vendors moving from town to town, folding up their tents. Made sure we had everything, went downstairs to barely beat the 11am checkout. Erin was downstairs, and although the skies were looking gray and potentially we ... 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