Donkey Riding

The Crescent: Tenderness

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May 30th 2010
Athens: We disembarked at the port, and in attempting to find our way to the Acropolis, met two new friends, Carla and Steven. Carla and Steven are from California and on that day, they too were on their way to the Acropolis. We were accosted by a number of cab drivers who were excellent salesmen. One finally convinced the four of us to split a cab rather than seek out the train. We got in the ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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