Catania....First Night

Goodbye to Licodia.....Hello Catania

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October 5th 2008
Thursday 18th September Licodia - Catania When Kurt and I got up we started our final clean. Kurt took all the suitcases downstairs to the van, and I gave the place a final clean. Zia Vincenzia’s apartment was so clean, that I felt I had to give the bathroom a once over and the floors a sweep. We stopped and had our final breakfast with Zia Vincenzia and her daughters Anna Maria and Angel ... read more

Europe » Italy » Sicily » Catania

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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