more snow

PICTURES!... finally

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January 24th 2010
Seeing as it has taken me so long to find a cord for my camera, and then to get around to downloading and editing them, and then uploading them here, I have developed a bit of a backlog, so some of these are quite old, sorry! Just one quick musing in this one: Its funny how some things you only notice when they are gone... and others you don't notice are gone for five months, like ceiling fans. ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lombardy » Bergamo

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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