Mom comes to visit Italy! Photo 3

Mom comes to visit Italy!

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January 21st 2009
Well, since we received our sudden announcement that we are coming back to MN so early we had to cancel our families plane tickets to Italy in May! At the last minute we convinced my mom to come visit now so she arrived Friday evening Jan. 16th into Bologna. We knew she was going to be a little tired so we planned an evening at home with my homemade Lasagna Bolognese style and vino for Jason and ... 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