Gondolas

Wwoofing in Veneto: My life as an Italian serf

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September 30th 2008
Back in Italy again: golden light, perfect coffee, gelati, tumble-down charm. My first day there - in Romeo and Juliet's hometown Verona - turned out to be the last proper day of summer - a humid, sultry and sunny 31 degrees until a massive storm hit Verona in the early afternoon. At the time I just happened to be standing alone in the highest bell tower in the town - clinging to the wall in an al ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Padua

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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