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Ireland VS Italy

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February 13th 2008
Although our plan is to go on one massive trip after a year of hard work- we decided that a short trip was needed. This was mainly fuelled by the UK winter- day after day of freezing cold weather, drizzling rain, contant cloud cover and very short hours of sunlight. I am never going to complain about winter at home again!!! We decided that a short trip to Ireland then over to Italy to visit Tom ... 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