Another bash on deck

Just Need A Little Time To Reorganize And Refresh

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September 16th 2013
Geo: 41.8719, 12.5674Today is a scheduled sea day and Mom was looking forward to organizing her luggage, taking a nap, a latte, good book, whatever. Well, she got all that. We just hung out on the ship. I wrote some on the blog. As planned, we met Rod & Corrina and her parents for a nice dinner in the dining room. Tonight the featured Baked Alaska. Then we all left and went to the Dancing ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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