Love that Emerald Isle

Ahhhh...Sweet Capri

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October 15th 2007
Buon giorno Italia! We woke up bright and early this morning to see the sun rise over the Italian countryside from our balcony. It was quite spectacular! It was also surprisingly COLD! And, uh, remind me next time to put on a jacket when shooting a sunrise, at sea, in October. Our course brought us by the emerald isle of Ischia at about 9:45 in the morning. We don’t know much about this i ... 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