Another eruption

Stromboli

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July 3rd 2006
As I was planning out my itinerary for Italy and booking hostels, I spoke to an Australian girl who was running a hostel in Taormina, Sicily. She seemed to be knowledgable about the island, so I asked her for recommendations on good places to visit for a couple days, which I still had open. I am so thankful that I asked because I definitely would not have gone to the Eolian island of Stromboli oth ... 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