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2/4/08 part 2

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February 4th 2008
Hey so here are the pictures from our last orientation/tour weekend. Things are settling down a bit now that I know more of the city and I've got my schedule down. School isn't getting in the way too much, ha. We really just have a lot of reading to get through, a few papers, and then finals. They really make it easy for us to see the city and travel when we can. We have our spring b ... 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