Lucca

European Adventure 2013

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October 18th 2013
One of the good things about staying in one place for an extended period is that you can have the occasional “rest day” without feeling that you’re missing out on something or that you should be out sight-seeing. Ced & I decided to do just that today as the “youngsters” were heading to San Gimignano, a place we’d visited last week. We got up fairly late, dealt with another Airbnb booki ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Lucca

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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