Milano or Hanoi?

Monash to Milano in 30 hours

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August 10th 2017
I am writing this at 36,000ft believing that we will eventually arrive - we have just under 3 hours to go - easy when fuelled with excellent coffee and sweet treats at 2am in Dubai. The sunrise was a beautiful surprise and a reminder of Psalm 118:24 “This is the day the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it”. This is indeed another new day and while we might not be in any state to m ... 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