Italy 99 - Trulli scrumptious, Ian Fleming and OO7, the Hobbits and Bilbo Baggins
May 6th 2015 Where is Suzy today? She is sitting on a sosta in Alberobello in Puglia the home of the trulli. The sun is shining . Things are back to normal again and life on the road good. Forgotten quickly are the frogs and the neighbours. A bit like having a baby. Painful at the time but soon forgotten.
Why are we in Alberobello? What is the connection with James Bond, 007, Ian Fleming and Truly scrumptio
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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 
