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Background: 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 established a Fascist dictatorship. His disastrous alliance with Nazi Germany led to Italy's defeat in World War II. A democratic republic replaced the monarchy in 1946 and economic revival followed. Italy was a charter member of NATO and the European Economic Community (EEC). It has been at the forefront of European economic and political unification, joining the Economic and Monetary Union in 1999. Persistent problems include illegal immigration, organized crime, corruption, high unemployment, sluggish economic growth, and the low incomes and technical standards of southern Italy compared with the prosperous north.

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By Dot and Lui
September 19th 2008

From Naples to Sorrento

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in Napoli
us on the rooftop bar at our hotel in Naples.

Do you want to wake up in the morning? I mean wide eyed & super allert? Then take a cab ride from our hotel in Naples to Statione Centrale. Excitement, exilleration, white nuckle fear are all words that come to mind when describing the 10 minute experience. The train ride to Sorrento was a comfortably uneventful trip which provided some quiet time to unwind after the cab ride. Every thing fell to pieces from Sorrento station on. We found our way out of the station. Easy. We found the kiosk to buy the tickets for the bus. Easy. The bus? Not [View Full Entry]

By Kurtis
September 15th 2008

Sorento and Positano

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Castaglione
Another day another meal....

Tuesday 2nd September Naples...take two! Salerno, Positano We started out again for Naples and used the resident’s tickets we’d been advised to buy. There was a conductor on the bus and as soon as he looked at our cards, we knew we were in trouble. We’d agreed if there was any trouble, we’d avoid talking Italian and act the part of typical tourists. The most amusing part of this situation was that my parents and I were able to understand what was being said of us and had to keep a straight face. The conductor said he felt sorry for us [View Full Entry]

By Dana and Ryan
August 15th 2008

Sorrento

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Side walk art - Florence
Got washed away every night by the street cleaners and the artist kept coming back to redraw it...

Well we did actually make it to Sorrento. We arrived on the 12th and got picked up in Naples at the train station by this guy. He drove us to Sorrento which took us a while b/c of the traffic. Oh, and did I mention the heat?? He droove like a crazy person and we were scared. That is the way that everyone dirves here. So...we check into our hotel, which looks really nice in the lobby so it seemed like we had a winner. We go to our room (which is where we are staying for the next 5 nights) [View Full Entry]

By Dana and Ryan
August 15th 2008

More Pics

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Bakery
inside the oven they found 80 buns carbonized looking ready to eat. Crazy.

Some more pics to enjoy [View Full Entry]

By ACDC World Tour
July 28th 2008

Southbound To Sorrento - Italia Seconda Parte

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Umbrian Hill Towns
Yet again we were amazed by these living museums dotted around the countryside. This is the view up to Assisi and it looked even better when you arrived in the town itself.

It appears that someone, somewhere is either playing a cruel joke on us or is determined to make us more culturally aware. Whilst Angela and I have being blown away by the beauty and history attached to the ancient towns we’ve stayed in so far throughout this European leg, we’ve not felt the need to visit endless museums or galleries. There are several reasons for this, not least of which is that, if we were not careful, would have spent the bulk of our time inside stuffy buildings instead of outdoors exploring and enjoying the places themselves. Our much loved open [View Full Entry]

By michelleandkev
July 26th 2008

Sorrento, Positano, Amalfi & Pompeii - Bellisimo!

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Sorrento harbour

We're now in a hotel in Sorrento with a view to Mount Vesuvius, thankfully over 2,000 years too late!! Our train from Florence to Napoli (Naples to you) was an hour late but we finally made it here and its very relaxing. The weather has remained our friend so, despite having to sit patiently at Florence train station longer than expected (we had some nice Canadians to talk to), we're really got nothing to complain about. It's amazing the way buildings are clinging to the cliffs that drop sharply into the ocean - very picturesque. No doubt there was lots of [View Full Entry]

By kswansen
July 13th 2008

In the most beautiful place in the world...

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Capri
Found this pic online, it will give you an idea of what it was like there! Sorry, real pics will come soon!

So first of all I want everyone to know that I spent 3 euros in order to write this blog so you better love it!! Jk Iàm tired of being in the sun and shopping (i know!) so this was my next option. So we got on a bus Friday afternoon and took it to Pompeii which was about 3 hours away. The city has a volcano that has erupted frequently in the past, and the lava covered over the ruins of a city that was built like 2000 years ago. I dont know the whole story because after a week [View Full Entry]

By GeorgiaTook
July 11th 2008

39th Day: Assisi - Capri - Sorrento

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This day was extremely hot and I loved it. The main highlight of the day was the Isle of Capri. We drove from Assisi to Naples where we caught a ferry that took us to the island. The trip took about 45 minutes, it usually takes double this but we were on a jet ferry. We lathered on the sunscreen on the ferry because the sun was out in full force. Once we got to Capri, because we had decided to do the optional tour we boarded a tiny bus and made our way to the high up on one of [View Full Entry]

By MackenzieLu
July 7th 2008

Mini Weekend Update

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Capri

I put up as many pictures from my trip so far as I can, so I hope yall enjoy them!! This past weekend was awesome. I feel like I need a thesaurus to come up with some new descriptive words! I only have a few minutes to update, but I will do a longer blog tonight. After our hostel in Rome on Thursday night, we got up Friday morning and went to the train station in Rome. From there, we got our train tickets to Naples. The train ride was fun, I suppose mostly because it was my first time on [View Full Entry]

By ImaginaryGill
June 16th 2008

Pictures

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Still no proper update... I'll do that tomorrow. But I do have a few new pictures up. I skipped ahead a couple weeks and loaded up my hang gliding pictures from Interlaken. I was going to load up my others in order, but I left my other memory card in my bag and since I had my hang gliding CD with me, I just did those. So, enjoy! [View Full Entry]

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