At the Port

Live from Lovely Livorno

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April 15th 2009
PP: Tuesday 14th April: Arrived in Livorno yesterday morning, as the sun was rising through haze and mist - beautiful sunrise. The port area is quite tidy and clean, and it is quite busy but not as big as some we've been to. We were a bit slow starting to explore because the new Chief Mate (Michael) was a bit offhand about letting us know when er were cleared by immigration. I chased the Captain ... 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