SNOW

The Weather in Rome

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March 9th 2010
It has been a unique couple of months, apparently. Living in Italy, you learn to take nothing for granted and plan accordingly. For example, busses don’t always stop, the post system is constantly on strike, packages don’t always come on time, shops close when they feel like it, not based on any posted sign, and EVERY thing is closed on Sundays. The best way to describe the weather is tha ... 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