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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 farfalla
September 4th 2007
My First Apartment! Europe » Italy » Umbria » Perugia
I keep waking up early for some reason and decided to take some pictures of my first apartment. I am way excited. I hope Hellen doesn't think it is creepy I took a pic of her while she was asleep. lol. I am still trying to take in everything that is going on around me. It is such a big adjustment. Just going to the grocery store is a crazy experience. Sarah's collection of Things that are different: - You have to use plastic gloves to select your fruits and veggies in a grocery store (or else they get mad at [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 12th 2007 | 54 Views | [diary=201453]

My roomies room.
Our kitchen
Our Living Room

By Margaret Nigro
September 3rd 2007
First day of Italian Europe » Italy » Umbria » Perugia
I got very lost today, for the first time. It was really good for me. I had to ask a woman for directions. She didn't speak any English, and was also foreign, from the Ukraine. We used what little Italian we had and she helped me a lot. Eventually I spoke to an Italian woman who directed me back to the Piazza IV Novembre, because I knew I could find my way from there. We began classes in Italian today. I like my professore. His name is Francesco, and I think I'm going to learn a lot. It helps that right [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 3rd 2007 | 81 Views | [diary=198653]

The Piazza
Piazza IV Novembre

By farfalla
September 3rd 2007
Going out Europe » Italy » Umbria » Perugia
After the really boring orientation...except for the really cute Florence police officer who was really funny ("the number one sport in Italy is not soccer it is women")...I decided to go out to see what the night life was like. So did ever other Umbra student. I have met so many people in such a sort time, it is like freshman year all over again, I hope I remember most of the peoples names. [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 12th 2007 | 51 Views | [diary=201448]

Mallory and I
Greg and I
Joy and I

By Margaret Nigro
September 2nd 2007
My apartment Europe » Italy » Umbria » Perugia
So yesterday morning my four roommates and I moved in to our wonderful apartment. They told us not to expect it to be very nice, or have internet, or a washing machine, or a TV. My apartment has it all. The internet is the very nicest, and I think we're the only ones who have it; at least we're the only ones I've talked to so far. Exciting stuff. The landlord is an adorable middle aged Italian man named Mauro. He's very nice and showed us how everything works. His English is pretty good as well. He has a wife and [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 2nd 2007 | 107 Views | [diary=198281]

my bed
out at the bars
Swedish boys

FINALLY I got this blog deally working. First of all I am in love with Perugia. It is beautiful as you can see in the photos. My plane flight was long and of course I slept on most of it. Although the second half had a crying baby so I watched a bunch of movies on my personal tv screen. The coolest thing on the flight was seeing lightning happen below us. The clouds we were flying over were glowing, it was cool and a little unnerving. I stayed at Hotel Gio (sounds like joe) in the lower modern part of [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 12th 2007 | 77 Views | [diary=201439]

Another beautiful View
The Piazza IV Novembre
My roomie

By Margaret Nigro
September 1st 2007
First impressions Europe » Italy » Umbria » Perugia
The last time I talked to anyone in the United States I sat on the floor in the airport in New York. I recognized that the group of people sitting together who were about my age were probably headed to Perugia as well. They were almost all from Elon University in North Carolina, which was terrifying. The flight was uncomfortable, and I had a hard time sleeping. I think my favorite part was seeing a couple of the boys in my group smile to each other when they heard the stewardess offer wine to everyone with the meal. We made it [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 1st 2007 | 93 Views | [diary=197898]


Fazia muito tempo que nao via o GG. Magrinho, calvo, cansado, quieto, cabelos prateados e aquele contorno claro na iris dos olhos indicando os seus 65 anos. "- Vou terminar o show antes do jogo final da Copa America: é Brasil x Argentina, viu?!" Me fez impressao... me emocionei... minhas lagrimas escorreram nos ombros do Ministro... Nada a ver o GG ministro!!! Ninguém falou de politica, melhor assim. O Gio e a Gilda sentiram nossa vibraçoes e se emocionaram também. So' eu ali com a letra K no nome. Era pra ser alegre, fiquei triste... sensaçao de que tudo esta acontecendo [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 15th 2007 | 120 Views | [diary=182678]

Vossa Excelencia
Carlinhos Brown
Gracias, Grazie, Obrigaduuuu

By ACK
July 4th 2007
The Francescan monks Europe » Italy » Umbria » Assisi
St Francis of Assisi .. remember the name? He was the wealthy nobleman who forewent all his riches to become a monk and help the common man. Well this village was his home and it remains today a fully functioning religious city complete with many wonderful churches, a castle and , of course, a spectacular Basilica. Lots of monks and nuns can be seen to be running around in their robes as they live inside the walls .. and because it is a functional religious city, it is less prone to the tourist hoardes. So this means a very tranquil [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 4th 2007 | 92 Views | [diary=180416]

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Castello dell'Oscano .................................... Nao brincava de princesa quando era criança, nem sonhava em viver em castelos. Fazia dinheiro com papel e canetinha pra brincar de banco e sonhava em correr de kart. hahaha a haahhahhhahahahahh ah ha Mas por aqui é facil se acostumar aos castelos e brincar de rainha. Foi o que fizemos para comemorar nossas "bodas de flores". No Castello dell'Oscano, na minha querida Umbria, em plena zona rural, de ex-familia nobre e historia complicada (1800), aspecto suntuoso e formal na medida certa. Desta vez nao vou comentar as [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 6th 2007 | 310 Views | [diary=188450]

Depois do jantar.
Esperando o licor.
Biblioteca.

By LDUCA
June 7th 2007
Gubbio and Assisi  Europe » Italy » Umbria
So, we started the journey back across Italy, and ended up Gubbio. The first thought on mine (and Adriana's) mind once we got there: ESPRESSO. After that, we toured some different churches and the city. We grabbed some what we thought would be delicious lunch (because it took us such a long time to find it again -- the first time we saw it, there were a ton of locals swarming it), but it was lacking. Oh well. After our gubbian good times were over, we went to Assisi, where I might have been in my worst mood on this [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 7th 2007 | 57 Views | [diary=177457]

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