sunbathing, sort of

Naples

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April 24th 2008
Yesterday our "beach" trip was quite an adventure. The staff at the hostel told us how to get to a small beach that basically only locals know about, and I think the reason only locals know about is because it's impossible to find. We set out on the metro and then took a bus down to where we thought we were supposed to get off (but we weren't exactly sure). There was a map of the neighborhood post ... 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