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Chapter 5 - DAY 5 - Monterosso (Cinque Terre) Day 4

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October 15th 2011
ALL BLACKS V AUSSIES – RUGBY WORLD CUP Another slightly chilly start to the day but the glorious blue sky promised another cracking day to come. After breakfast we headed down to the Fast Dal 1989 Bar Monterosso to confirm the All Black v Australia Rugby World Cup quarter final would be screened live – it was! I had my All Black Jersey to wear and Jeanette wore the NZ Football away top (Blac ... 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