Pompeii Ruins

Sorrento to Pompeii and Rome

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September 7th 2016
Drive to Pompeii and Rome. New driver Alfredo today and tomorrow as our driver is having a break. Very strict driving rules here. Our driver Carlo will meet us in a day or so. The Italian language is a real mix of French, Spanish and English and a lot of words end in o, i or a. We spent a couple of hours wandering around the ruins and excavations of Pompeii. Very sad what happened here. its ... read more

Europe » Italy » Campania » Pompei

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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