The Boat

Boat Ride

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July 10th 2014
Today we went swimming at the beach in Monterosso. It is different from beaches in Australia because there are stones and rocks instead of sand. The stones all fill up in your bathers which is a little uncomfortable. Tonight we went on a boat ride along the coastline to look at the five towns of Cinque Terre. I met two teachers called Mathew and Charles from Boston in America. They told me that yo ... 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