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Down Florence and Rome end toomorrow

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July 19th 2015
Hi, It has been a number of days and more travels and experiences. We finished our La Spezia experience with a bus trip to a local beach which on a week day was very crowded with all going to the beach often by bus. It was 30 mins by bus, not much of a beach by our standards and for much of the beach you need to pay and for that you get a umbrella, two deck chairs and the opportunity to use the ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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