Our picnic at Piazzale Michelangelo, Florence

June 2nd 2007
Ciao from Cinque Terre! A bit to update you on since last I wrote... Florence was fab!! Having visited Italy last time on a Contiki tour and basically being taken everywhere by bus, I didn't have my bearings at all so it was nice to be able to explore it independently. Dan has a pretty good nose for directions so we let him take the lead mostly. I gave the Uffizi a miss (still am daunted by it ... 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

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I'm off on another big travel adventure! Starting in Mexico on 22nd Sept and ending up in Sydney on 22nd Dec......with 10 countries in between! Stay tuned for tales from: Yucatan pensinsula, the Carribean and and colonial highlands in Mexico Diving on the barrier reef in Belize Ancient Mayan ruins in Guatemala Beaches and volcanoes Nicaragua, Honduras and Costa Rica The Galapagos and Amazon in Ecuador Gorgeous lakes and Patagonian trekking in Chile and Argentina Soaking up the history and mystery of Incan Cusco and Machi Picchu in Peru and enjoying a week long adventure in Bueno... full info

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