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1/28/08

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January 28th 2008
Hello to all, So, finally I got this thing taken care of! The past week has, of course, been absolutely crazy! The moment we stepped off the plane, it was already into school mode with the added pressures of a foreign language and a new city. Rome is incredible! Our hotel, L'Albergo Tiziano, is wonderful. Molly and I are rooming together, and Sammi, Jess, and Micki are right down the hall, ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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