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Bringing a bit of America to Milan... my parents come to visit!

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October 18th 2007
Today is a very sad day… it’s the day my parents left to return to the US. But it’s okay because we had a wonderful week! They arrived on Thursday morning, which was lucky because the only class I have on Thursdays is 9-11 am. So after class I came back home, cleaned up my apartment a little bit, and waited for my parents to call to say they got in. And waited. And waited. Finally, about an ... 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