Outside the house near Cortona with some of the group

Rome,Florence,Sicily,Paris and Turin!

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May 28th 2006
May 28, 2006 Ciao! It’s been so long since the last time I wrote. This month has been very busy for me, and I’ve seen so many new things. Around a week after coming back from Venice, I went to Rome for three days. Nine exchange students and a volunteer in one hostel room, yay, comfy! Haha. It was a really fun trip because our volunteer knew how to get the most out of our trip. I had a great t ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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