Paestum

The van tour hits it's stride

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June 21st 2008
Hi everyone from Southern Italy. We are presently in Bari on the southeast coast, waiting for our ferry to Greece (Patras) tonight. Since our last post we headed out of Tuscany and down to Rome. The drive from Siena down was a little interesting as the van developed a bit of an electrical problem which wiped out our 5th gear/overdrive, windscreen wipers, indicators and other ancillary elect ... read more

Europe » Italy » Apulia » Bari

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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