View from our room

Bliss

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September 20th 2014
Geo: 37.8531, 15.2878After a crappy night in Catania we were busting to get away to our next stop. We had booked a deluxe room at a resort and spa in Taormina for four nights. This was to be our luxury time and we could laze about for a few days. Did I mention yesterday that I bought THE BEST PAIR OF BOOTS EVER in France?Our helpful taxi driver from the night before picked is up mid morning ... 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