Inside the Castle Gate

Survival!

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May 30th 2005
Hello all! Yes, I survived my first-ever completely "winged" journey -- it was a blast! Ten of us headed off to Cinque Terre on Friday. We arrived at our hotel in Manarola around 11 PM and managed to sneak ten people into a quadruple room (don't tell! We were desperate and it was late!). The first item on the agenda Saturday was finding lodging for that night. We lucked out - us girls got to ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice

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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