Amalfi 2

Day 10 - The Amalfi Coast and Pompeii

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August 16th 2014
Nalynn and I took a really nice tour of the Amalfi Coast and Pompeii. The ship docked in Naples and the tour was with a van driver and 4 couples. The small group was nice and the tour guide was both a good drive and an informative and entertaining conversationalist. We visited the towns of Positano, Ravallo, and Amalfi. In addition, we spent a god deal of the afternoon at Pompeii which was destroy ... 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