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Sunday 58km

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September 10th 2017
Not surprisingly, last night I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow. But I then awoke around 11PM to pee and found myself wide awake, caught in the time transition that accompanies overnight travel to Europe. Similarly, breakfast took some getting used to, starting with the fact that the hotel runs on Italian Time, which is to say things might start somewhat later than advertised, and tha ... read more

Europe » Italy » Emilia-Romagna » Riccione

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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