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A traumatic experience made me a little emotional

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September 19th 2006
Geo: 37.7986, 12.8344Off to Segesta. I hopes it's not disappointing like Agrigento's temples. Had an amazing coconut yogurt for breakfast. Italians do it right! Met a couple from Milwaukee at Segesta (Scott and Chris). The temple was quite interesting, but my bus did not leave until 13:00, so I had lots of time to kill (3 hours). We hiked up to the Greek Theatre afterward. We were hopi ... 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