boats to get in to the Blue Grotto

School Sponsored Trip to Pompeii, Sorrento, Capri and Naples

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April 8th 2012
Happy Easter!!! Buona Pasqua 😊 I'm currently in Catania, Sicily writing this blog. We came here for Easter break from Friday- Monday but that will be a later blog (at some point). Last week, we (Me, Carrie and Abby) went with about 40-ish other students from Umbra to Pompeii, Sorrento, Capri and Naples. Sounds familiar, don't you think? The trip the week before that included these ... read more

Europe » Italy » Campania » Sorrento

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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