Piazza in Milan

Milan

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January 4th 2006
January 4, 2006 Our last day in Dakar. Probably the longest day in the history of our lives. We were so excited to get going on our trip that the 12 hour wait for the flight was torture. We purposely left our packing until that day, and I needed to go into Africare and finish up some loose ends, and yet, at 3:00 in the afternoon, we still found ourselves on the couch, completely ready, waiting ... 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