the Alps

Buongiorno Italy

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August 31st 2006
Absolutely wasted - flying at midnight after leaving Ko Samet early getting little sleep and arriving early morning is the recipe. Despite that the view flying over the Alps was beautiful. Europe is all sparten chic efficiency after asia. It all worx very smoothly with occasional slight language confusion. I stayed one night in Milan to have a look around. The old city is fascinating with its ... 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