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In the Partially Sunny Fields of Paestum

April 20th 2009
10th day - Monday We headed off to visit the Greek temples at Paestum this morning. I wasn’t feeling especially well as I didn’t get a good night of sleep. Terri & Sam were by now both fully recuperated. I think that we had experienced a type of 24 hour bug because I started to feel better as the day progressed, or whatever we ate that didn’t agree with us had finally worked its way throu ... read more

Europe » Italy » Calabria

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

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I was sitting in an Irish pub and the crowd was doing singalongs. A friendly chap asked me to stand up and sing and I hesitated. He said to me, "If you don't sing you'll never be one of us. You'll always be just a tourist." So I sang. I travel to meet the locals and go to the places they hang out for dining, drinking, and fun. I go to be more than just a tourist. Who wants to be treated as "just a tourist?" It is a hell of a lot fun to be more than just that. In the words of my hero, Anthony Bourdain: "Be a traveller, not a tourist." ... full info

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