Drifting away

All aboard

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October 20th 2010
After all the hassle and panic of the French strike and the canceled train, the journey to Italy went surprisingly to plan. 15 hours on the bus might not have been as planned, but just 12 hours later than scheduled, I finally stepped off out of Imola train station. No one told me it was going to be cold and raining though. The next 3 days in Imola flew by - mainly spent drinking tea, trying to ... 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