Down, down, down

Disaster averted ...

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August 24th 2017
We treated ourselves to a lovely dinner last night which was just as well as we needed all our stamina today!! You know the disaster that could possibly occur that I referred to in relation to having "nailed" ferry catching … well … it wasn't actually a disaster but, shall we say we have had a much longer day than expected!! Due to the “misreading” of the timetable we ended up being 1 1/2 ... 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