On Board The Ferry

Journey To The Ferry (Umbria to Ancona)

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July 22nd 2008
This one's unlikely to have a great many photos added later because we were in a bit of a rush to get the ferry. We left our villa in Umbria at about 11.20am (only 20 minutes past the plan), but with a one-hour check-in in Ancona (which we read about on the way...) and with absolutely no fact route there, time wasn't on our side. The route is stunning, though. Out past Perugia (and again past the ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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