Cinque Terre

Italy

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November 13th 2007
Well I decided not to conclude my adventures just yet Italy needs a chapter on it's own. The drive from Geneva saw us cross through France and witness the awesomeness of Mont Blanc, it is huge! We then headed past a magnificent glacier and into a massive tunnel that heads into Italy. I was the lucky bugger to be driving so I got the first taste of Italian traffic. WELCOME TO TORINO! W ... 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