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The Pope is on!

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January 19th 2007
On Thursday, after I finally got my luggage back from its German vacation, I met my host. She's a cute 74 year old single Italian woman who hosts students every year. She doesn't speak a word of English and although I only really catch about 1/2 of what she's saying, she loves to talk. After she made me a wonderful first dinner of pesto, creamy chicken and artichokes, we ate our fruit while wat ... 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