Orange peels drying in the sun

Scilla

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May 6th 2016
Another example of bad bringing good. The button to push to make the train door open didn't work, so we were stuck going to the next town, which gave us a chance to meet the engineer/driver who helped us figure out how to get back to our destination. She spoke pretty good English, too. Scilla is a town built on rock starting from the beach up. I wanted to swim, but it was a bit too windy. We ... 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