Parma

My semester is almost over...?!

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November 4th 2007
Ciao! I figured the theme of this entry would be the realization that, somehow, my semester abroad is almost over. Like, 47 days from now I will be getting on a plane and going home. Don't get me wrong, it's going to be amazing to be home, but it seems like I haven't done everything that I wanted to do here! So this weekend I decided to take day trips to places nearby that I had wanted to se ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lombardy » Milan

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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