Cinque Terre

Paradise, Pesto, and Wine

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September 3rd 2008
Before I begin I have to admit something. I am way too excited to do this blog any justice. You will read amazing, superb, breath taking, awesome, mind numbing, spectacular, wonderful, and beyond words too many times to make an accurate assumption of this place. So, in my opinion that just means you need to visit it yourself. (You’re probably thinking, “She uses those words to describe a cent ... 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