Vulcano

Climbing a volcano!

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June 8th 2007
Lara took me on a trip to the Aeolian Islands. We went on a boat to the island of Lipari first, and then went to Vulcano. This not very imaginatively named island has a volcano which we walked all the way up... you could see into the crater, but there were vents at the top that smelt really horrible. The view of the other islands was really nice from the top though, and the sun even started to shi ... read more

Europe » Italy » Sicily

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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