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Capri and pants

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April 12th 2013
After a week off getting up "whenever", today started with the unfortunate necessity of arising early in order to get coffee and a light breakfast prior to catching the ferry to Capri. From Positano the ferry ride is about one hour. Seas were fairly calm today. Capri has seen human habitation since the Stone Age, but became a Roman resort and refuge during the Republic and Empire. Augustus had ... 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