Pasta Stromboli ...

... a local specialty, making use of the capers the Aeolian Islands are famous for, anchovies, and tomatoes. I had asked for no olives, but they screwed that up and left them in the dish, which was quite salty and forgettable. The service was generally bad - the table next to us had their order messed up, and the table on the other side sat forever waiting for their coffees, which were forgotten by the staff. Probably our first truly bad meal since we met up in Naples.

Volcano

July 17th 2012
Geo: 38.8024, 15.2379Stromboli - one of the main reasons for visiting the Aeolian Islands, beyond checking out some place new in Sicily, was to see this volcanic island, the only permanently active one in the Aeolians. Scores of tourists visit every day on tours, so like two sheep we followed the others on one of the typical Panarea and Stromboli tours, offered by several different companies in ... 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

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