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June 4th, Thursday

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June 4th 2015
Arrived around 2pm in this town on the Italian Riviera. Tropical plants and palms everywhere, cool ocean breezes. This is a resort town and very low key, refreshing after Rome. We have a cute room that opens on to a patio. We went down to the promenade that follows the shoreline. The beaches here are rocky, looks like it would be hard on your feet, but they are lying on the rocks with their towels ... read more

Europe » Italy » Liguria

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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