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The Amalfi Coast

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September 23rd 2011
In southern Italy there is no such thing as straight down or straight up; one must wind. Although, when travelling, I have no objection to a little bit of winding, I would prefer it if we wound on the back of some Italian stallion's moped... but the bus did us fine. So there we were, winding all the way from the immaculately touristic centre of Sorrento to the outskirts - which were'nt ... read more

Europe » Italy » Campania » Amalfi

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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