A gold sample in the San Candido Museum

The gold examples in the San Candido Museum were spectacular - nuggets and intricate crystal patterns

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May 27th 2011
It is a travelling day today from Portogruaro to Braies in the Dolomites. A change of plans. Piero will drive us to Braies and Diego will come north by train tomorrow to Cortina. I feel sorry for Piero as his English is slightly worse than our Italiano so it made for a trip of silences interspersed with items that we did know or could indicate. Language can be a problem when you cannot string ... read more

Europe » Italy » Trentino Alto Adige

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

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