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PROVENCE & LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON

France - March 15-24, 2018 PROVENCE I passed into France twice – once in the Maritime Alps over a high…

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THE LONGOBARDS

Lombards. Not to be confused with the modern inhabitants of the region of Lombardy, Italy. The Lombards or Longobards were a Germanic people who ruled most of…

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SUMMARY of ITALY

This was my first time in Italy. There is a lot to see and traveling in the winter worked out…

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MONACO

Monaco (pop 38,000)          March 15, 2018 History. Since the 13th century, Monaco’s history has been that…

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ITALY – PIEDMONT (Turin, Cuneo, Novara)

THE LAKES. Wedged between the Alps and the Po valley, the glacial lakes of Lombardy were formed at the end…

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ITALY – EMILIA-ROMANGNA (Bologna, Rimini, Parma, Modena, Placenza)

March 2018 EMILIA-ROMAGNA PROVINCE Extending north from the Apennines to the fertile Po Valley, ER has some of Italy’s most…

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LE MARCHE & SAN MARINO

LE MARCHE PROVINCE. On the Adriatic and bordered inland by the by the pretty Appenines. Le Marche is one of…

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ITALY – CALABRIA, BASILICATA & APULIA

Mar 4-7, 2018 CALABRIA PROVINCE The toe of the boot, it is mostly mountains and with a long history of…

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HOW TO BE A GERMAN – In 25 Easy Steps

 by Adam Fletcher #1 PUT ON YOUR HOUSE SHOES So, here we are then my little Ausländer. Your first day…

8 years ago

FLORENCE

Florence Jan 26-31. I took the Flixbus from Rome to Florence (10€ - this bus line offers unbelievably cheap bus fares…

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