Pruned Palm

Stormy Weather?

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September 29th 2013
Today we walked up to LA Pigna, the antique part of town, wa-a-ay up on top of the hill above the city. Great view! Of course, we had to eat after that. On the way down we stopped at Il Mulattiere, a restaurant where Anita and Mel had eaten a couple years ago. The owner is big baseball fan and coaches the neighborhood kids to play baseball. He is a personal friend of Alex Liddi who used to play fo ... read more

Europe » Italy » Liguria » Sanremo

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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