Duomo di Siena

Mellowing in Italy - Siena, Monday 2007 May 7

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May 7th 2007
My usual breakfast of cereal and ham sandwich was quickly followed by the walk to the Cooking School of Siena, via the six escalators (I counted them again). The advertising says the elevator building dates from 1200, but it looks brand new to me. At the school, we were greeted by Leila, the instructor (world famous apparently) and Jessica, her translator, a Londoner who has lived in Italy for ... 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