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We still have a week to go

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May 31st 2015
St. Tropez was a not all I had thought it would be. Got a few good pictures but for the most part they have no beach near town and the water was filled with jelly fish. And not just a few but hundreds. So much for the St. Tropez tan!! Kyle laid out in the rocky inlet that they call a beach and I hiked to the top of the highest hill where there was a fortification with two moats and a great view ... 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