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Misadventures In Italy...

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June 17th 2012
Ciao!! Well I've been living here for 6 weeks now and this week has been full of fun! Been out the last four nights till late meeting Italian people, including a couple from Milan, luckily everyone speaks English because my Italian doesn't seem to be going anyway fast. Speaking of Italian, I started private lessons at a new school this week which is good, been learning the alphabet! ... read more

Europe » Italy » Piedmont » Ivrea

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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