View from the balcony of my room

We’re all going on a (crazy, drive-by, European) summer holiday… Week One

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July 13th 2012
Hello all you beautiful people, Okay so the Italian vacanza 3 week extravaganza kicked off to a flying start with a 7 hour drive to Muggia in Trieste to reach the Adriatic Sea. We hit the beach straight away only to discover that there is no sand, but stones!! Massive effort getting in and out of the sea, as it is so painful to walk on them! We went to a popular seafood restaurant, but as ... 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