Ebe biking-Vicenza

Visiting family-Oct 16-24

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October 16th 2004
October 16-17-VICENZA * I took a trip to visit my father’s cousin Ebe this weekend, and what a treat! Not only did the food she set before me inspire me to salivate for 2 days straight, but her house is a museum of treasures-as her father was an artist and each room, corner, hallway, shelf is a archeological, artistic piece of family history. I spent the mornings with Ebe at the table in the kit ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence

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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