The pool and grounds at Mon Plaisir

Erice and Segesta - churches and ruins

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April 26th 2024
We had a lovely breakfast at our hotel this morning. An assortment of fresh fruit, breads, scrambled eggs, salami and cappuccino. The hotel Mon Plaisir was beautiful with well kept gardens and a pool. We were not able to use the pool as it was too chilly outside. We loaded the Tiago and headed to Erice. It was up the hill outside of town and after about a half hour of switchbacks we made it up. We ... 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