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Simmo's in Europe 2015

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May 29th 2015
After more than a year of planning we are finally underway on our grand European tour. It has been nearly 40 years since Julie or I have been to Europe so we are looking forward to new adventures. Days 1 & 2 Wednesday 27 May and Thursday 28 May First leg Sydney to Hong Kong, then to Zurich In typical fashion we leave home much earlier than needed and there are no traffic h ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany

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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