Assisi

First Week

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February 1st 2008
My journey began last Wednesday when I left my house for the airport. The Mirza's kindly picked up my mom and i, along with kelly s and g. We met Grandma, Boppi, and Katie at the airport. I cried a lot that day, before i left, during the car ride, and when i said my final goodbyes. It's one of the things I do best. The flight wasn't too bad besides the young infant crying in the row behind my gran ... 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