On the Beach

France and Italy

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August 11th 2007
Havn,t wrıtten ın a whıle, and am currently ın Turkey, so thıs keyboard ıs a lıttle funky. ı,m sure you can work out any typos.. After our tıme ın Parıs, whıch ı thınk was what ı wrote about last we ducked down to Barcelona for a day ın the cıty before spendıng a couple of nıghts ın the French Beujolaıs wıne regıon where we were supposed to have a relaxıng pıcnıc lunch a ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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