Sunset

I dolomiti

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January 27th 2008
The past weekend, for a quick lil' Saturday day trip, I went with my Italian host family to the Dolomiti Mountains up north in the Veneto region. It was a trip with the youngest daughter's school, so it was some children of the class, and their family members. It was an absolutely, drop-dead gorgeous scenery. We left at 6:30AM so we were able to see the sunset, and we didn't leave the mountains un ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Dolomites

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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