Door advertisements, Palermo

January 6th 2007
The plane touches down in Palermo on a mild, sun-spattered afternoon. As airports go, you can certainly do worse than this one. A sheer limestone cliff rears up on one side of the tarmac; on the other, the Mediterranean spreads its blue cloth out as far as we can see. Though Palermo was meant to be the briefest of stops en route to Tunisia, I’ve gotten used to the idea, in recent days, of spend ... read more

Europe » Italy

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

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Christopher Vourlias

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Chris is an avid traveler and hypercaffeinated writer, criss-crossing the globe and occasionally remembering to call home. Follow me at postcardjunky.wordpress.com. UPDATE, 22 January 2010: For those of you - both of you? - who have been following this blog off and on (mostly off) for the past few years, it's time to officially put it on a permanent hiatus. As much as I love these nutty little essays about my time on the road, they're just a bit too time-consuming to keep up with, given the demands of my freelance work. So for now, my dear TravelBlog, it's time to say adieu, though ... full info

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