Catania

Catania...Gole dell’ Alcantara - Taormina...Catania

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October 5th 2008
Friday 19th September Catania We had the best night’s sleep without Licodia’s nightly hoons on their vespas and cars!!We decide that Friday had to be a lazy day because I was so behind on the blog and we were all very tired after our stay with family. We discovered that the cabin, while very nicely decorated, didn’t have a toaster or coffee cups (but had 2 italian percolators and cute litt ... 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