Don't catch the wrong train

Day 21

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June 8th 2015
Travelling day today as we catch two trains to get to Milan. Left Lyon about 10.30 for the first trip into Geneva Swiizerland. We follow a river all the way up as the scenery changes into the mountains. There was no passport control, but police are on the train and check all passengers. Arriving at Geneva, walk through customs and they are just randomly checking a few, but not us. W ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lombardy » Milan

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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