View from my balcony

Finalmente Julia has arrived!

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September 5th 2007
Well after all that anticipating(3-4years, no biggy), I have finally arrived in Italia!! Now I tried my hardest not to have any expectations of Italy and I thourght I had done a good job. That is until I arrived in Italy. Its extremely different to what I could have ever imagined and the famous exchange student quote is really coming in handy... 'Its not better, its not worse, its jus ... read more

Europe » Italy » Abruzzo

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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