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LUCCA

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December 31st 2010
LUCCA AND NEWYEARS EVE We went for a day trip to Lucca that is still one of my fav places to go, like Vience but without the water. It was cold but not too bad at all. The night before Bernie and Sharyn had taken us out to a restarant in Aulla Called Osacar, the seafood was amazing. It was so nice to dress up and pretend we were Sophisticated for one night. (well David and I, Sharyn and ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Lucca

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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