The origin of the word "python"

A Roman copy of the egg shaped stone that the Greeks believed marked the navel of the world. The original was found at Delphi, and this copy was found near here. Python was a serpent god, the enemy of light, and was slain by Apollo.

Bad beginnings in the coffee capital of Italy

September 10th 2019
We said goodbye to the Dolomites and our lovely apartment and hosts yesterday morning, and drove south, visiting two pretty towns on the way to to the airport to return our car. The first was Serravalle, an unplanned stop. The town had a canal running through it, and beautiful buildings, along with a market, where I bought a fanny pack to replace the one I left home. The next was Oderzo, another t ... read more

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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

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