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Castelvecchio, House of Juliet and more food... of course

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August 14th 2014
We started out our first full day in Verona with a delicious breakfast spread made for us by our host Rosanna. There was fresh fruit, eggs, yogurt, cured meats, cheeses, fresh biscuits, croissants and lots of Nutella 😊 After breakfast we figured out the bus system without struggling too much (taxis are extremely expensive in Verona) and headed to the city center. The bus dropped us off righ ... 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