Blessed by Francesca

Chinstrapped

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November 12th 2010
After seven days of camping, usually in the wet we were very happy to see Francesca and enjoy a few days in her roof top flat right in the centre of Bologna's old town.What a place too.Its a university town, has over 30km of archways ,several old towers and enough churches and old building to rival any European capital.Italy's really growing on us as a country and with a hostess as easy going as ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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