Monterosso late afternoon

On to Monterosso, Cinque Terre

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September 21st 2011
Well John has decided he likes Italian TV after all, as tonight’s program involves about 50 Italian girls in their bikinis. Some kind of pageant I think. We found out today that the festival we experienced last night in Parma was the Festival of the Pig (Parma Ham ring any bells – Parma is apparently very famous for its ham – I thought it was famous for Parmigana) and that it was the last ... 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