Poppi castle from the road on our walk

Me and You and a Dog Named Boo(Lobo) - A Relaxing Day in Poppi and a Walk with Samo - 20th May 2016

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May 20th 2016
Well we had decided that we weren’t going to venture too far from our Tuscany apartment and just enjoy the surroundings for the next 4 days. The weather when we arrived last night was heavily overcast and the light was gloomy and we couldn’t really tell what the view from the apartment terrace was going to be like. When we awoke this morning it was still overcast but not as heavy and there w ... read more

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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