Off to Ventotene with friends for the long weekend.

May and June --our last months in Rome.

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June 30th 2009
We had a lot of school activites/shows, last minute visits to friends, and the begining of summer vacation. OUr year here has been fabulous....no regrets! ... read more

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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