On the track

Cycling in Italy

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August 10th 2010
Blog 1 - Cycling in Italy Yep, I’m off again! We left Portarlington (Indented Head actually) at 09:00 on Wednesday 4th August and eventually arrived in Venice at 13:00 Thursday 5th. The plane from Melbourne to Singapore (7 hrs) wasn’t full but after a three hour stopover there it was chockers then on to London (another 12.5hrs). Weather in London was sunny and a balmy 18°C but after a four ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto

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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