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Sorrento (Day 92)

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August 11th 2010
The hostel I am in is actually about a 30 minute walk from downtown Sorrento, not that there is much of a downtown. The coast is home to a bunch of small towns here that just kind of flow together. Walked over to Sorrento to start off my day. It's kind of what I expected. Pretty little town situated right on the cliffs overlooking the Bay of Naples. From my understanding it's not the most spe ... 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