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Background: 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 established a Fascist dictatorship. His disastrous alliance with Nazi Germany led to Italy's defeat in World War II. A democratic republic replaced the monarchy in 1946 and economic revival followed. Italy was a charter member of NATO and the European Economic Community (EEC). It has been at the forefront of European economic and political unification, joining the Economic and Monetary Union in 1999. Persistent problems include illegal immigration, organized crime, corruption, high unemployment, sluggish economic growth, and the low incomes and technical standards of southern Italy compared with the prosperous north.

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By Damarcole
August 14th 2009

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The Europe Trip 2009

Well, this blog won't let me list more than one country, but this summer Linda and I along with Wendy, Linda's sister, and Marlys, Linda's mother traveled to London, Venice and Northern Italy, Croatia, Athens and various Greek islands. These islands included Mykkonos, Corfu, and on the Peleponese, Katakolon (where we took a train to Olympia, and walked around the ruins of the Olympic village where they still start the Olympic tourch). I enjoyed Italy the most. I was able to practice speaking Italian, and try to get a little more fluent. Greece was more challenging because [View Full Entry]

By Landlord
May 24th 2009

Getting Dizzy Driving thru the Dolomites Europe » Italy » Trentino-Alto Adige » Trento

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We woke up with the sun rising over Dolomites. Our hostess had our breakfast ready and her two beautiful kids were running in and out just talking and playing. We took off toward Trento knowing we wanted to find wineries to taste the area wines and cheeses. The first one we came to was the Family Winery of the B&B we stayed at, Mazarado. It was huge and as we expected, very nice. From there we continued on SS12 heading up into the mountains. We quickly found a second winery and wellness hotel. We stopped and had a glass wine and [View Full Entry]

By Landlord
May 22nd 2009

Off to find the wine and cheese roads in the Trento Region Europe » Italy » Trentino-Alto Adige » Trento

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We had breakfast at the hotel and reviewed our plans for today. We decided to hop on the Autostrada and make good time going to Verona. We drove through the Po Valley and it was flat and lots of fields of stuff growing. No Roman ruins that I could see. We made it to Verona before lunch parked the car and headed off to the arena. Verona’s Arena is the third largest and is the only one that is still being used today. It was very impressive. We walked through the tunnels where slaves and gladiators once stood, sat in the [View Full Entry]

By Rayma and Doug
May 12th 2009

Alpine Altitude Europe » Italy » Trentino-Alto Adige » Trento

Life is Good

Levico Terme: 4th - 10th May 2009 We have arrived: the Italian Alps. The setting for XCamp2009 - my first paragliding competition...but have no fear - I'm not that good. I chose this week long “comp” because the format is designed for pilots who want to learn more about competing, and specifically about long distance flying, a.k.a. “cross-country flying” or just “XC”. To fly a long distance, it helps to have long valleys that allow a pilot to fly along the mountains and with open, grassy fields below to land safely. The Alps make an ideal [View Full Entry]

By HattyinBologna
January 25th 2009

Gita sulla Neve- Snow Trip! Europe » Italy » Trentino-Alto Adige » Trento

Passeggiata con le slitte

At 7am on Friday morning 56 very excited (albeit bleary-eyed) international students met at Bologna bus station to drive to the Dolomites for a fun-filled weekend of snow. The journey took less than five hours and passed quickly with the help of “L’era Glaciale” (Ice Age in Italian) and Andrea (head of ESN) working his magic with the microphone. We arrived a little after midday and due to ESN’s undying enthusiasm for “passeggiate” (walks) set out on one almost as soon as we stepped off the coach. We took sledges with us and walked along a track through a [View Full Entry]

By I Get High On Mountains
August 26th 2008

Of cookies, Italy, and photos Europe » Italy » Trentino-Alto Adige » Trento

I has a feather

Yay, photos! A whole bunch of them! Anyways. Monday made my head whirl. First there was a train ride to the Italy/Slovenia border, which was mostly interesting because of the weather. When I left the hostel it was cloudy and foggy and cold; 6 minutes of tunnel later it was blazing hot and sunny on the other side of the mountain without a cloud in sight. Then I changed trains in the border town of Nova Gorica / Gorizia. I felt bad at this point, since I didn't have time to find a Slovenian cookie. Most of 6 days in that [View Full Entry]

By Janielle
July 4th 2008

Northern Italy: A Romance Europe » Italy » Trentino-Alto Adige » Trento

Venice! SO COOL! Did you know that Venice is made up of 117 islands? It makes sense, doesn't it, that a city famous for its nurmerous canals that those canals carve up the land into islands? But I hadn't ever thought of it that way. So, every bridge Jan and I walked across was fun because we were crossing over to another island by just walking over a bridge! The canals do make Venice a special place, and the buildings which loom over them are enchanting. The city itself is surprisingly dead, in that there are more tourists than there are [View Full Entry]

By katenian
July 3rd 2008

Safe in Dro! Europe » Italy » Trentino-Alto Adige » Trento

Hi!! Just a quick note to let you know we are safe in Dro! It was really awkward at first, haha, the first people we met interrogated Ian and Dillon a little bit, haha they had to prove they were family by naming like a dozen people in different pictures, which is kinda difficult for them, haha. Everyone else is great and it turns out some of them were in San Diego over 10 years ago and they had 4 pictures from a family party and Ian and Dillon were in one! Haha so that sealed the deal, and was pretty [View Full Entry]

By drbexl
June 19th 2008

A surprise stop in Trento! Europe » Italy » Trentino-Alto Adige » Trento

Beautiful scenery to drive through

Thursday 19th June Another early start and an efficient pack-up, and we’re soon en route to the campsite in Ca’Vio. Verona is also not a possibility for a stop, as it’s too far for Freddie’s drivers hours, but we take a chance on Trento for an hour, which actually turns out to be the perfect size for this kind of stop - and turns out to be the city of painted walls. Very nice, a real Italian market, Cathedral, unusual other buildings, and beautiful other decoration, plus our first taste of Italian Gelati! The campsite is a bit further than expected, [View Full Entry]

By Jessica and Thaddeus
September 28th 2007

9/28 - Trento Europe » Italy » Trentino-Alto Adige » Trento

Easily found a hotel for tonight...phew! Had a fantastic lunch of ravioli and gnochi... I can tell Im going to love eating in Italy!! Walked around the town center a bit, went underground to the Tridentum La Citta Sotterranea where archaeological remains of the Roman city can be seen... interesting! Visited St. Trento Cathedral then decided to go for a drive and got totally lost for 2-3 hours in the hills. Driving in Italy NOT fun!! After getting lost, decided we were better off on foot so parked the car and found a pizzeria so had some good pizza and a [View Full Entry]

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