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Into Italy

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September 22nd 2018
22 September 2018 We said goodbye to Mike and Sylvia, drove the 40k beautiful coast road to Cannes and had lunch with Trevor and Jennie on the terrace of their apartment overlooking the Golfe de la Napoule. Our destination for the day was a campsite outside the town of Ventimiglia just over the border in Italy. We had hoped to continue there along the coastal road, but due to heavy tr ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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