I was pretty proud of how well I framed this one

Hello from Italy!

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October 4th 2006
Hello from Italy. Jason and I have been here since Saturday and are having a great time. We spent the first three nights in Rome, and we’ve been in Florence since yesterday. Rome was an experience - so full of everything, including tourists. There are some huge, blockbuster sights there - the Colosseum, the Vatican, the Sistine Chapel, but there were also more tourists than I’ve ever seen ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence

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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