Lucca

European Adventure 2013

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October 9th 2013
As we’d done lots of driving and walking yesterday, we opted for a less active day today. Using one of the Travelzoo list of specials emailed to us weekly, we managed to pick up an excellent deal for return flights to Christchurch for late Jan 2014. We’re very keen to reconnect with our family there, especially our newest grandson, Sami, who will be 11 months old by then. In spite of getting ... 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