Piazzale Michelangelo

Daily Life in Italy

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February 12th 2008
For your enjoyment, here's a fun list of things I've been noticing 'round these parts lately. Italian potato chips taste like the Kitchen Cooked brand in the U.S., and they come with little sticky tabs to keep the bag closed. 50% of the motorized population rides motorcycles, and 100% of them wear helmets. Nutella to Italians is like peanut butter to Americans. Fashionable older women ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence

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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