Vesuvia

Southern Italy - Naples

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May 6th 2006
We arrived in Bari at 8am after a sleepless night on the ferry. Our cabin was on the lowest deck inside (underneath the car parking facility) and Sam did not handle it very well, as a consequence Tony suffered a sleepless night too. Hmm .... in future we will have an outside cabin, above the water line. During our taxi trip from the Bari ferry terminal to the train station we were introduced ... read more

Europe » Italy » Campania » Pompei

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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