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Napoli--Day 1

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March 14th 2010
So last Friday (March 5) began our ECCO spring break. The week started off with a group trip to Naples with an unfortunately early train at 7:20. Meaning, i needed to be at the station at 7, meaning we had to leave Forni at 6:30, equalling i needed to wake up at 6. Yuck. We took a FrecciaRosa, which are the fast Italian trains, so we made it to Naples in 3 hours (amazing considering the fact that ... 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