A mandatory shot

Travel from Siena to Cinque Terre

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November 23rd 2010
After a great stay in Siena, we said goodbye to Gabriella and headed off to the Riomaggiore in the Cinque Terre. We travelled past Florence and headed first for Pisa. On the way there I must confess we stopped at a Mac Donalds. Now, now. This was a cross-cultural experience. We got to eat the Italian versions of the Macca meals. We also had an Italian version of a K-Mart next door where we grabbed ... read more

Europe » Italy » Liguria » Riomaggiore

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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