Taormina

Back in Rome

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May 4th 2008
Hey! I'm back in Rome after a relaxing week in Sicily. It was amazing there. The weather was beautiful down there and we're all nice and tan now. We stayed in Giardini Naxos which is the beach resort below Taormina. I highly recommend going there sometime. We stayed in an awesome fully stocked apartment. I'm in the process of posting pics now. I'm going to put all my pics at the following site: ht ... 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