Crossing the Volcano

MAD DOGS AND TWO WOMEN OUT IN THE MID-DAY SUN

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July 13th 2012
It was 34°C with 100% humidity on the day we decided to climb the volcano. Fortunately the guided trek doesn't leave until around 6.00 p.m., by which time the temperature had dropped to 33.9°C and the humidity was about 150%!!! Are we really going to do this?? Yes, of course we are! The volcano in question is Stromboli. The furthest north of our favourite Aeolian Islands. It is 918 mts abov ... 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