Port of Palermo

Sicily, Seafood and Shivers

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May 12th 2008
We woke up this morning, and made our way to Cefalù, as I happened to have some American friends from the program vacationing there. We decided to lay out... and the guys decided to take a dip in ICY cold water. After swimming out, they wanted me to come into (at least waist deep) to take a picture... gullibly I accepted this offer, even though the entire time I was saying "I don't trust these gu ... 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