Duomo facade

A bit of mosaic work here.

October 22nd 2006
Sunday, we had to get out of Roma. It's filthy, crowded, noisy, the people are rude, and the food is ho hum. So we hopped a local train to Orvietto, 1 hour away. We took a funiculare to the old city. This hillside town is the summer residence of many of the Popes and dates back to 800 BC when the Etruscans settled. The 13th century Duomo is one of Italy's most beautiful Duomi. It was built t ... 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

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Pat and Ann

"People don't take trips - trips take people." -John Steinbeck Pat finally graduated, and we are ready to end the vacation drought. Join our adventure as Italy takes us on a trip through a culinary week in historic Lucca, pesto lunch on the Cinque Terre, the canals of Venezia, ski boot manufacturing in Montebelluna, the beauty of Cernobbio on Lago di Como, roller coaster bus rides along the Amalfi Coast, and the Seven Hills of Roma. In between will be lots of opportunities for misadventure as we navigate the Italian rail system. Guaranteed, "the only way to be sure of catching a train ... full info

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