Skydiver and Rock sculpture

Pisa and Cinque Terre

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October 18th 2008
We took the train from Florence to Pisa, where we got out and took the mandatory few photos of the Leaning Tower (but not before getting lost!). We then went to La Spezia then on to the breath-taking Cinque Terre which means literally mean '5 lands'. The five downs are Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore. We stayed in an hared aparment with Riomaggiore. The whole are ... 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