Vatican Garden

When In Rome...

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March 8th 2011
Pizza.... Spaghetti....Ravioli..... Cannoli..... Tortellini..... Rigatoni..... Penne Vodka..... Pesto Farfalle.... Gelato..... Repeat. My favorite way to immerse myself in a new country or culture is to EAT! Well my dearest readers, I recently came back from Italia, and to say that I ate my way through the country would be the greatest of understatements. "Indulgence" would better describe my ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany

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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