Trudging up the Volcano

Santorini

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June 19th 2006
The first day on Santorini was quite dissapointing, spent most of it on the ferry. However when we finally arrived we were treated to dinner on a cliffside restaurant overlooking the caldera, so that made up for it. Santorini is part of a volcano, so consequently there are breathtaking views, lots and lots of stairs and lots of smelly donkeys to take the lazy tourists up the stairs. After dinner w ... 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