Finally ...
... somebody (I won't say who), bought a designer dress in Barcelona, and wanted to keep the hanger, but wasn't able to fit it in their backpack, so somehow it ended up with me, for the past three weeks. I can't tell you what a pain carrying this thing was, because of the awkward shape. It finally got so bent out of shape that it was useless as a hanger, so I could finally rid myself of this burden.
Tiramisu
July 18th 2012 Geo: 37.8531, 15.2878Yet another boat ride today - but for the first time in three days, there was no puking, hooray!!! We caught a more direct hyrofoil back to Messina, so it was only a short 90-minute ride back to mainland Sicily, and either the seas were less rough today, or maybe because we were sitting lower in the hydrofoil, but nobody on board felt seasick. Hooray again!!!Off to Taorm
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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 
