My B&B

Day 7: Overnight Bus Ride and Gallipoli

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May 31st 2012
The bus ride was not terrible but not comfortable either. I sat by a nice Italian girl who knew the bus drivers. We were put in the front row of seats, me by the window. There were 2 bus drivers who alternated every 3 or 4 hours. The bus started in Catania, where I was dropped off by the ferry bus, and ended in Gallipoli. I guess I’ve ridden the entire line. My destination was Gallipoli, w ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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