The White Whale

Cinque Terre 2

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May 24th 2008
Hi all, Feels like long time no see! Just had 4 or 5 fantastic days in and around the Cinque Terre Coast. Didn’t have any internet at the hotel, or wireless in town, so only had a couple of quick goes at an internet café. The Cinque Terre is primarily made up of 5 small coastal towns, all within about 10km of each other. We started in Monterosso, staying at the same hotel I stayed at las ... 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