ROOM WITH A VIEW

ITALY, CROATIA AND BACK TO ITALY AGAIN

---

August 17th 2011
Hello to everyone down under, this is a very short hello as I am on a time frame and I know you want some photos as well! Its been virtually impossible to find the time and a computer with internet on it to do the regular blogs I was hoping to do this trip. Five weeks on the road with another two weeks to go. WE spent 10 days in lovely Era, Italy. Colin's family truly took us und ... read more

Europe » Italy » Abruzzo » Sulmona

---

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