What rain??

Levanto to Venice!! We love Italy

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May 8th 2010
DAY THIRTEEN Woke to a rainy Levanto! Went to the market and got saturated and still kept going! Off to the railway station, after buying new unbrella’s much sturdy than the last ones so that we were well and truly covered for the trip (oh by the way Peter wants me to mention my third umbrella upgrade on the trip!!) Off we went to Corniglia for the first stop. We walked around and around and ... 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