Fast Food, Naples-Style ...
... if we had more time, we would've had lunch at Pizzeria Trianon, competitor of the more famous Pizzeria Da Michele. Instead, we settled for two takeaway slices elsewhere, a decent margherita sans basil (a big mistake on our par, not noticing thatt), and one with ham and cream (another mistake on our part). The cream one was odd, way too rich.
The Real Italy
July 15th 2012 Geo: 38.2537, 15.7152The plan - get out of Naples as soon as possible this morning, and head down to the beaches of Calabria, a region considered by Northern Italians to be a backwater, dangerous and ruled by the mafia. Of course, plans rarely work out, so we were stuck in Naples for several more hours than intended, as we showed up at the train station only to find all the seats on the two ear
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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 
