24th November , Wandering and covering old ground........taking it easy.
November 24th 2014 We had a late breakfast, contacted home, and wandered into a warm day with no real plans. Sue chose some jewellery as a momento, tried to get me to buy something, anything, and we made our way to Chiesa Gesu, the Jesuit church. Closed again. A supermarket was nearby so we bought some fruit and rolls and went to the Vittoriale to see if you can get on the roof top for a look. After climbing some ve
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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 
