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Viva Italia.

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August 3rd 2005
HAy there, Its been ages since I have been able to get to a computer. Firstly I hope that everyone is OK in London and lets hope thats the last of that. Weve been having a great time and are now in Palermo in Sicile. Its also raining today the first since San Sebastion in Spain. From Lisbon we meet a Dutch couple and free camped in the sand dunes in LAgos on the south coast of Portugal . We have a ... read more

Europe » Italy » Sicily » Palermo

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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