Withering Heights

While Jurgen phoned the hotel our bus sat in the parking lot. We had been told that we would have to haul our suitcases a good distance up to the hotel. We just didn't have any idea where exactly the hotel was located. While we waited we hopped off the bus and gawked at the scenery below us. The black sand beaches are a result of volcanic activity over the centuries from nearby Mount Vesuvius.

Day Seven (Friday)

June 30th 2006
Another great night of sleep. This hotel may be out in the middle of nowhere but it's quiet, cool and spacious. I couldn't ask for more. except maybe a REAL breakfast. I didn't even bother walking across the dog turd minefield for Chinese breakfast. Instead I had my last Sam's Cola that I had brought from home and kept cold in my room's refrigerator and ate some trail mix. As usual we go ... 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

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