Just as he was

Italy part two!

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November 10th 2007
We couldn’t get enough of Italy so we decided to explore even more after mom left. From Rome we headed down to Naples and then onto a smaller town called Sorrento. On our way we met a great couple from New Jersey and another woman that lived in Santa Fe, NM for 30 years. She knew my elementary school! Small world! Sorrento was this fantastic, little (very touristy) Italian town. It was b ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany

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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