Stained-glass window, Syracuse

January 11th 2007
Since the plan was to be in Tunisia on the morning of the 7th, there’s a sly pleasure in finding myself, a day later, trudging to the bus station in Palermo. It feels like I’m pulling a fast one, swiping a few days from under an unsuspecting nose. At the station I’m just in time to watch the 10:30 to Syracuse putter down the street. The station agent - a gray-haired man whose gravitas woul ... 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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