Storm clouds over Positano

Sunday in Stormy Positano

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November 6th 2011
Sunday in Positano was a rotten day!! When we went to bed last night it was starting to get very windy and the forecast was for rain. So for the first time since arriving here we closed the doors to our bedroom onto the patio. At 2.30am we were woken up by the start of an extremely violent storm. Lightning lit up the sky like daylight and the thunder was incredible and it just kept on going. ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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