Vehicle we went up in

Solfatara

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July 3rd 2011
Hello again, I have pictures for you from Athens and the ferry rides, along with Pompei, Vesuvius, and what we've done this morning. Our campground is in the crater of an old, but by no means dormant volcano. We walked out onto the sulfur smelling plains, looking at a huge boiling mud pool and steam vents. The ground was strangely warm. It was a super neat experience. ... read more

Europe » Italy » Campania » Naples

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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