Walkways

There is no need to have an umbrella in Bologna (ironic for the English who always travel with 4 umbrellas each!) because all the pavements/sidewalks are covered by these things

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Bologna

October 18th 2007
So it appears that I have been absent for a while. Let me fill you in a little on what I’ve been up to. Let’s start with the most fun part. Last week I went to Italy to visit my darling parental units. Stupidly I chose to fly out of Paris on the day of the grève. Grèves (commonly known as strikes) occur often in France, but this one was supposedly particularly bad as all the transportat ... read more

Europe » Italy » Emilia-Romagna » Bologna

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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