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2/11/08

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February 11th 2008
Hey guys, So school wise, not too much going on to get excited about. Papers due, books to read, all that fun stuff. Molly's (my roommate) family was in this past week, which turned out to be a lot of fun. They stayed in our hotel, but their rooms were a lot nice than ours! To be expected I guess... Anyway, on Saturday we went on a day trip to Napoli and Pompeii. It took about 3 hours to ... 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