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Paris Bueller's Day Off a.k.a. Rome Away From Home

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March 29th 2008
Here's a riddle for you. What's the one thing that no matter where you travel, what monument you see and how much money you spend, you can never find it. You'll never see it on any map. Every plane trip, boat ride and bus ride takes you further away. Everyone has been there, but it's always a different place. The answer is home. No, we didn't return to the glories and spoils of Southern ... 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