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Outside the cathedral in the evening
from: "Palermo in one day?" By Down and out in Millport and Arran
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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July 2nd 2009 Europe » Italy » Sicily » Taormina
Ciao Tutti! Sooo my time spent in Taormina was awesome. Phoebe and I were picked up in the airport in Catania by a nice italian guy that gave us lots of recommendations for places to go and eat an ... [full story]
Ciao Tutti! Sooo my time spent in Taormina was awesome. Phoebe and I were picked up in the airport in Catania by a nice italian guy that gave us lots of recommendations for places to go and eat an ... [full story]
June 18th 2009 Europe » Italy » Sicily » Palermo
Just getting ready (sooooo ready) for the big trip! I will update the blog as I can and internet is available while I am gone, but wanted you to know you can share in my trip. I leave July 7..... ... [full story]
Just getting ready (sooooo ready) for the big trip! I will update the blog as I can and internet is available while I am gone, but wanted you to know you can share in my trip. I leave July 7..... ... [full story]
May 19th 2009 Europe » Italy » Sicily » Mount Etna
Vi proever at uploade fotos ... ... 4 photos [full story]
Vi proever at uploade fotos ... ... 4 photos [full story]
May 18th 2009 Europe » Italy » Sicily » Palermo
Here’s a very belated and sort of abbreviated account of my Easter trip to Sicily last month. Easter in Sicily was certainly an experience I will not forget. I was very lucky to get to experi ... 50 photos [full story]
Here’s a very belated and sort of abbreviated account of my Easter trip to Sicily last month. Easter in Sicily was certainly an experience I will not forget. I was very lucky to get to experi ... 50 photos [full story]
May 19th 2009 Europe » Italy » Sicily » Mount Etna
Hmm- har glemt det lille kabel til kameraet, for jeg toer naesten ikke haabe paa at finde internet-adgang - og saa lige pludselig lige her paa Lido de Naxos under Mount Etna ligger der et lille spot!! ... [full story]
Hmm- har glemt det lille kabel til kameraet, for jeg toer naesten ikke haabe paa at finde internet-adgang - og saa lige pludselig lige her paa Lido de Naxos under Mount Etna ligger der et lille spot!! ... [full story]
May 14th 2009 Europe » Italy » Sicily » Taormina
Vi er havnet i internet u-land. For foerste gang i tre uger, har vi set en internetadgang. Teksten er allerede et par dage gammel - og billeder kan jeg ikke naa at uploade til jer i denne omgang. Vi h ... [full story]
Vi er havnet i internet u-land. For foerste gang i tre uger, har vi set en internetadgang. Teksten er allerede et par dage gammel - og billeder kan jeg ikke naa at uploade til jer i denne omgang. Vi h ... [full story]
April 28th 2009 Europe » Italy » Sicily
So I’m sitting on a train, packed in a cabin, it's 1 am, I got a presentation to make in 9 hrs, and we’re stuck in the middle of a thunderstorm. Sounds terrible huh? Aside from my presen ... 238 photos [full story]
So I’m sitting on a train, packed in a cabin, it's 1 am, I got a presentation to make in 9 hrs, and we’re stuck in the middle of a thunderstorm. Sounds terrible huh? Aside from my presen ... 238 photos [full story]
May 2nd 2009 Europe » Italy » Sicily » Siracusa
We decided to head south for Easter. Sicily seemed the perfect place: warmer, way older, and friendly sicilians! We rented a car and drove wherever we wanted....when we got tired, we found a hotel. Th ... 17 photos [full story]
We decided to head south for Easter. Sicily seemed the perfect place: warmer, way older, and friendly sicilians! We rented a car and drove wherever we wanted....when we got tired, we found a hotel. Th ... 17 photos [full story]
September 5th 2008 Europe » Italy » Sicily » Palermo
Roaming along the various beaches and coastline of Sicily and southern Italy, sampling the local cuisine all made with the freshest produce and offering endless gelato ice-cream flavours, stopping onl ... 12 photos [full story]
Roaming along the various beaches and coastline of Sicily and southern Italy, sampling the local cuisine all made with the freshest produce and offering endless gelato ice-cream flavours, stopping onl ... 12 photos [full story]
April 8th 2009 Europe » Italy » Sicily
Before we start into the week’s activities, let us say we are fine and many hundreds of kilometres from the devastation in l’Aquila which is in a deep valley between two spines of the Appe ... 16 photos [full story]
Before we start into the week’s activities, let us say we are fine and many hundreds of kilometres from the devastation in l’Aquila which is in a deep valley between two spines of the Appe ... 16 photos [full story]
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