Tour of Verona - 05

Historic Tour of Verona

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March 4th 2010
It is Thursday here in Verona. It is cloudy outside and just about everyone has left for the Milan airport to head to Paris. About 6 other students are headed to Belgium (brrrrr!) and 1 is actually going to London. Ben and I decided to stay back in Verona to take it easy this weekend and make sure our Euro’s don’t grow feet and walk away from us. Students that are around me are probably sick o ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto

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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