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I said goodbye to a dear friend today

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September 24th 2006
Geo: 39.9714, 8.60317Not a horrid night's sleep on the ferry. Probably at least 4 hours. I kept waking throughout the night. Glad that I had earplugs. Got to Cagliari and disembarked 1.5 hours after the scheduled arrival time. No time to see the town - there isn't much there anyway. Checked out McDonald's - I was tempted to have a taste of home (though I never eat it back in ... read more

Europe » Italy » Sardinia » Oristano

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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