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June 15th 2010
World Cup- My friend Benedetto invited to his friends house to watch the world cup! It was the first game Italy was playing. Wow! I feel like this was something really classic.... watching soccer (the world cup no less) with a bunch of Italians that are getting all excited and yelling... when Italy scored everyone LITERALLY jumped up and cheered! There was pizza, limoncello, grappa, and cigare ... 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

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teri jean burrill

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I am 25 and about to embark on a 5 month backpacking trip around europe! I have a Eurail pass and a BritRail Pass so I can do the whole trip by train! I am first stopping in to to Longmont Colorado, near Boulder. Then heading to Europe on June 7th. I have my Euro-itenerary pretty much planned, although I do expect that there will be changes algong the way, dates may be changed, I may spend longer in some than I planned, may skip others altogether, and may end up in some places I didnt even expect! Here is the basic outline: Boulder London 1 night Zurich Switzerland Milan Italy Flo... full info

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