The White Cliffs of Dover

Hail Gibraltar: Into the Med!

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April 14th 2009
CS: Saturday 11th April (darktime): We had expected to make the Strait of Gibraltar about 8pm so see it in daylight since it has been light till after 9pm in our area lately. However things changed during the day because we are ahead of schedule and with Easter on there is no advantage in getting to Livorno on 13th so the Captain wants to kill about 12 hours. He stopped the ship about 10am but we ... 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