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Cinque Terre

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July 4th 2007
CINQUE TERRE, ITALY: Finally, cinque terre, with it's gorgeous rugged coastline and crazy hikes. Lisa and i arrived in monterosso, the northern-most town, thinking that our hostel was located here. Considering that when we booked our hostel, hostelworld said it was in monterosso. To our dismay, it was not....the hostel was located in a town called Biassa, several kilometers from monterosso. 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