easter lambs---yum!

italy 2009

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April 12th 2009
Long day Saturday!!! Traveled the coast all the way east to Taormina (stopping in Messina to see the clocktower show and to enjoy an awesome seafood lunch). Beautiful shops, trattorias and a view of Mt. Etna (volcano)...smoke and all! Once again the weather was perfect! Today is Easter Sunday...we have met more family and are spending the day at Fabrizia's...and sadly packing our bags. It is raini ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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