over the Alps to Brussels

Farewell Positano, Hello France

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October 6th 2007
6th October 2007 - Farewell Positano We said our farewells to Positano, definitely one of the more magical places I have visited. I hope to return to one day. Melissa entrusted her box of belongings to the Italian Postal service. We made the trek back to the ferry wharf with our luggage, and it just started lightly raining. Positano was obviously sad to see us leave. Did the trip back ... read more

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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