Cittivacchia

A day at the b--ch!

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September 14th 2012
Bound for Palermo…. There was a brilliant lightning and thunderstorm during the night and I wondered if our beach time in Sicily would be rained out but the day dawned sunny with intermittent clouds. I slept in until NINE. Played a little poker last night but left after an hour without a winning hand. That’s two nights without a hole pair. There was a waterspout just of the port side. Fascinat ... read more

Europe » Italy » Sicily » Palermo

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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