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Milan

August 11th 2008
Milan wasn’t the most exciting stop on our trip. I remember hearing that a lot of Europe shuts down in August, but until Milan we didn’t really encounter that. However, in Milan nearly everything but the tourist traps were closed and the first day we were there we had to buy dinner in the supermarket and spent the night relaxing in our hotel room - which was much nicer than I expected it to be ... read more
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Italian Flag 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
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