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Chianti - Day 1 to 3

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March 13th 2011
Day One The train is speeding through the grey sites of northern England and I begin to think that it has been almost 3 years since I decided that I had had enough of spending my life on the motorway, quit my job and flew off to the other side of the world. I have spent most of my life travelling in some form or another- mostly for work, but never found a place to really call home. My be ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Gaiole in Chianti

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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