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Italy
At 6:00 PM
May 30, 1998

Sunrise (local): 5:52 a.m.
Sunset (local): 9:01 p.m.
Weather
72°F partly cloudy
Traveled Since Last Dispatch
99 mi / 159 km

Cumulative Total
5361 mi / 8633 km
Lat: 47° 49' 09" N
Lon: 7° 46' 22" E
Elev: 33 ft / 10 m

Fast Facts

Where We Are: San Remo
Where We're Staying: Hotel Saracena
Places We Visited: Riviera dei Fiori, Finale Ligure, San Remo
Featured Site: Riviera dei Fiori
Person of the Day: Christopher Columbus
What We Ate:
Food of the Day: western Ligurian specialties
Breakfast: jam 'n' toast, coffee/tea/hot chocolate
Lunch: cheese-and-sausage sandwiches, yogurt, fruit, fruit drinks
Dinner: zucchini squares, süpa dé sévüle (onion soup), ménéstrün áü péstü (minestrone soup with pesto), stücafissu (fish stew)
Olive count: 2227
Word of the Day: "Figho" click to hear an audio clip means "cool" in Italian slang.
Tech Fact of the Day: Alfred Nobel's Italian hideaway
Flat Count (Cumulative): 35
Broken Spoke Count (Cumulative): 32
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