Another day, another walk

Cinque Terre

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April 21st 2007
Day 1 Long day of delays - first at the airport (Ryan air does it again!), then just missing connecting trains to the Cinque Terre. Finally got to Manarola at about 8pm with the four of us staying at the Ostello Cinque Terre with a private bathroom. Dinner was at the hostel restaurant where we all had variations of pizza or pasta with pesto, which was the best I've ever eaten. Day 2 Walked ... 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