Grotto

We are no longer pasty white...

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August 11th 2006
Ciao! We are still in Salerno in Southern Italy. The old man at our hotel made the wise suggestion of staying in Salerno where accomodation and food are much less expensive, and where we can take the bus or ferry daily to the Amalfi Coast. Right now we are staying in own private hotel room for 19£ each a night, and it's literally seconds from the bus and train station. It turns out our inconven ... read more

Europe » Italy » Campania » Amalfi

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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