Milazzo, port 2

Sicily

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March 26th 2008
It all began on Easter Sunday, March 23, when we left Paris on a connecting flight to Rome than Palermo. We had to bluff our way through the metro stop by our hostel in Paris to make it to the RER because our 3 day passes didn't make it to the morning of the 4th day. The flight to Rome was fine, but the flight to Palermo did not end on a good note: just before landing, we hit some very rough turbu ... read more

Europe » Italy » Sicily

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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