Dancing in Venice

A Few Short Stories

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April 4th 2008
I have magic rain boots. They're grey suede boots with little tassels on top that I bought my first week in Florence. They have been waterproofed but in general shouldn't get wet. And it never fails: every time I wear them, it pours. This Thursday, it was perfectly sunny as I was getting ready to head to class, so out of the closet they came. Naturally, I walked out of class five hours later to fi ... read more

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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