Leaving Pompeii

Because of very strict time constraints we had to leave Pompeii long before I would have liked. We really saw only one and a half of the 9 regions the city is divided into. Had we spent any more time in that heat I think some of us would've been getting sick. It was so hot that even our canine friends ran off to find some shade.

Day Eight (Saturday)

July 1st 2006
It was a good thing I got loaded the night before or I wouldn't have had any sleep. Once again I had to sleep naked on top of my sheets because my room was so uncomfotable. My room faced out on a courtyard but thanks to the cheap wine I didn't hear anything. I won't mention breakfast. When it was time to board the bus we again had to lug our bags 1/4 mile to the bus. This time it was do ... 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

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