Valencia an Coneglia

1 girl, 5 towns, 1 walk, 1 bloody hot day

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June 23rd 2007
As i predicted, it just got better. Caught the bus off to Pisa an had about an 1hr to look around there. Its pretty much just the leaning tower and the duomo to see. On the way to Cinque Terre you could see the mountains where they take alll the marble to make the monuments in Northern Italy. Tops of mountains all quaried out. Made my way from La Spezia to Riomaggiora, the 1st of the 5 little tow ... read more

Europe » Italy » Liguria » Cinque Terre

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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