Milan in the spring time

The Fashion Capital of the World

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April 14th 2008
After a full night's sleep (yeh for sleeping tablets - in moderation only people), I was woken to the sound of high heels clacking overhead in what, after navigating the maze of stairs, we discovered to be the quite spiffy breakfast room of our hotel. After dining quite elegantly -although I didn't touch the cheese board, it looked great - it was back on da coacha. After the 3 hour journey to ... 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