Blue Mosque Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul

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March 13th 2014
Off the coast of Sochi, Russia and at port in Istanbul, Turkey The Mt Whitney was deployed off the coast of Sochi during the 2014 Winter Olympics to aid the Americans if there were any terrorist activities. We could see the Olympic flame in the big binos (big eyes) on the deck. We basically floated off the coast for two weeks. There were always Russian ships between us and the shore. We fl ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Bibbiena

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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