A normal italian scene

Pizza Pizza!

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October 12th 2005
ILL ADD MORE PICS TOMORROW, FRIENDS. Wow. I've finally made it back to Italy. It has been two years since I studied in this fine country and now I have the opportunity to see someplace new. Siena is a really cool town, with skinny and narrow (synonyms, i know) streets made up of buildings that seem too old to count. In the center of town is the enormously wide-open Piazza Il Campo. Front ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Siena

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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