Milan - the city of beautiful people

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September 21st 2012
After 34 hours of total traveling time...we have arrived in Milan a city where even the coke tins are tall and skinny. We staggered out of the airport and tackled our first attempt at communicating with the locals where it became apparent I should have studied some Italian!!! However, the Italian man quickly adapted to our technology ways and read the address of our hotel off our iPhone. Problem s ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lombardy » Milan

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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