Verenna Station

Bella Italia!

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August 6th 2007
One of the best things about living in the UK is booking a cheap Ryan Air flight and escaping cloudy England for some sunshine on the continent! This trip- Italy! Good friends of ours (Glaswegian Shirley and Milan local Yuri, who Ariana met in Japan) were kind enough to invite us to stay with them for a weekend and show us around the local sights. We couldn’t have had better tour guides. Wit ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lombardy » Milan

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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