Onwards up to the mountain pass

Sicilian treats and a cappaccino in the afternoon

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April 13th 2013
Todays gelato flavour - N/A but had cannoli(Sicilian pastries)instead Fine weather equals beach so the short trip to Golfo di Castellammare about 40 odd kilometres away was planned. There was always going to be a chance that the at least one of the neighbourhood dogs would decide to bark during the night and so it was to be.We couldn't work out how close the dog was as sound carries in t ... 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