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Carnevale a Venezia!!!!

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February 5th 2008
Ah! I decided to skip class (it was the first week of class anyway... does it really matter?) to catch the train to Venezia for CARNEVALE!!!!!!! Fat Tuesday/ Mardi Gras/ Martedì Grasso spent in Venezia with every other person -- yep I was there! When we (I went with a bunch of friends from the program) first arrived, we were a bunch of women on a mission (accompanied by some reluctant males)... t ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice

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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