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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]
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] Blog: My First Thoughts of Roma!
Date: January 21st 2008
Ciao everyone! So sorry it has taken me so long to work on this blog! Life in Italia has been absolutely fantastic. The flight was disgustingly long (10 hours to Frankfurt, another hour to Rome, then an interesting van shuttle ride with a man named Alfredo...) but I made it! It's hard to put into words what the feeling was when I first got here. It was both physical and emotional. My body had tons ... read more
Date: January 21st 2008
Ciao everyone! So sorry it has taken me so long to work on this blog! Life in Italia has been absolutely fantastic. The flight was disgustingly long (10 hours to Frankfurt, another hour to Rome, then an interesting van shuttle ride with a man named Alfredo...) but I made it! It's hard to put into words what the feeling was when I first got here. It was both physical and emotional. My body had tons ... read more
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