Breakfast on the boat

Arriving in Italy

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March 26th 2009
Today marks 7 months since we left home. Sometimes it is hard to believe that it is that long; at other times it is hard to remember what it was like to not be travelling. The boat is still moving in the waves when Evy and I wake up. The bathroom is also the shower which is a somewhat inconvenient arrangement, though it is somewhat novel to have the water sloshing around with each wave as you s ... read more

Europe » Italy » Apulia » Brindisi

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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