Beach west of Agrigento

Through 'The Godfather' territory to Monreale,Palermo

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April 11th 2013
Todays gelato flavour - GMB - Frutii di Bosco(Fruit of the forest) We have been fortunate since we started our trek south from Rome and have been blessed with fine weather and warming temperatures and today looks like being no different with bright sunlight greeting us as we headed down to breakfast.The nights sleep had been disturbed by both of us waking up feeling very thirsty at 3.45am and w ... 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