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October 26-27

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November 3rd 2013
The last two days continued in the same manner. We drove different routes to different little towns or walked in the vineyards. The sun came out to show us how dramatically the colours of the grape vines had changed. The rumpled blanket of hills dressed in rows of staked vine were now coloured in reds, burgundies, yellows and oranges, offset by the green of bamboo. We were feeling the beginnings ... read more

Europe » Italy » Piedmont » Canale

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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