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A walk in the forest

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July 19th 2013
Day 11 Friday July 19. Last walking day before we check out tomorrow. The week has gone very quickly! Again we join the easy group for a walk along the valley immediately behind the hotel – so no transport or gondola rides. The valley is really like a box canyon, and the walk comprised 15kms and around 500 metres ascent and descent. For the first time we are walking in forest and it is to ... 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