Birthday Girls

The start of an unforgettable Summer

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October 2nd 2008
Back Home I am finally back home in Bologna and comfortably settled into my lovely new room in the student residences. I have had an unforgettable summer, three entire months of fantastic adventures from Berlin to Barcelona, Scotland to Sicily, the stunning coast of Croatia to the insane Greek Islands. It was all fabulous, but I love being settled in one place again, not having to live o ... read more

Europe » Italy » Emilia-Romagna » Bologna

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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