Northern Italy? Austria?

Bamberg or Bust

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August 31st 2011
Mary woke up at 6:15am. I didn’t need to catch a bus until 7:45, so I figured that if I woke up with her, I’d have plenty of time to shower, pack, eat and check-out. However, I didn’t even hear Mary leave, and I woke up at 7:18… 27 minutes to get all my shit together. Ali and I made it to the train station with time to spare. I am currently on my second of three trains, from Bologna (nort ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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