North Bears

Day 25 - Torino

---

August 11th 2013
Game 4 was bright and early at 0930. Thankfully it was walking distance form the hotel. Even though it was early it was really hot and the umpire wouldn't let us sit on the side of the diamond with the shade, he made us go into our dugout which was in the blazing sun. They did manage to put up some shade cloth part way through the game. It was a competitive game that we lost 13-10. Had ... read more

Europe » Italy » Piedmont » Turin

---

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