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DOLCE VITA

June 23rd 2006
AFTER a really exhausting and hot night in Rome drove to the fascinating Pompeii! It was buried beneath ash and dust after the eruption on nearyby Mt Vesuvius. It was buried by volcanic ash for 100s of years before it was excavated and found undestroyed. However 2 hours of the burning sun and standing on thermal sand was enough for me. On the way to Sorrento I stopped for a lemon ice drink on ... read more
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Italian Flag 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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