Basilica square

Florence and Rome Weekend

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March 5th 2007
Hi Everyone! So before I move on to the weekend, just wanted to inform everyone that I am going to Morocco now, not Tunisia during our Spring Break. The trip changed because we couldn't get flights going from Valencia to Tunisia for the week that we needed them, so now we are doing basically the same things but in Morocco instead! Morocco will be more of a cultural experience than Tunisia would ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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