View from our hotel room

First day in Palermo

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March 22nd 2010
Geo: 38.1157, 13.3612 After a very very early wake up we were off to Palermo. A short flight and we were on Sicily with great weather to greet us. We took a bus into Palermo and made or way to the Hotel Posta. After we did some walking around we meet up with my Dad and Donna. We dad dinner at a local restaurant and called it a night. ... 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