THE HILL

Arriving at CIMBA

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September 18th 2008
Sept. 10 I took a taxi to the train station, then the train to CastelFranco, then a taxi to Asolo. When I was waiting at the taxi stand outside the train station in CastelFranco, I thought to myself "With my limited Italian, how in the world am I going to explain where CIMBA is?" Just then, a taxi arrived. He was loading my bags into the trunk when i said "A Asolo" While we were on ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Asolo

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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