Hotel Demo

Day 2 Milan

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June 11th 2006
Hello All! We have made the long trek over the ocean, through Amsterdam and arrived last night in Milan. The hotel Demo is only two blocks from the train station, which was nice. The bus to Milan was like arriving in Cancun going to Playa, but in Italy. (Tary, I thought you would appreciate that). We are off today to Vicenza on Moraldo's (restaurant outside of Big Fork)recommendation. Hope all is ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lombardy » Milan

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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