4.2011 - Siena - Piazza del Campo

Monday 18th April to Sunday 24th April 2011.

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April 30th 2011
Monday 18th April 2011 Bologna Head off, carrying a whole lot of postage, to catch the bus to the local town Post Office. Got there at 2pm. Bummer. They close at 1.30pm for the day, so not sure what to do. Again the postage problem. We head back to Euronics and ask the girl, who Tom has befriended there, if any post office open – yes, in town – so she rings a taxi for us and we tell him wh ... 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