Hanging Fruit

Of Lemons and Oranges: A Weekend On The Boot

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April 18th 2008
I am not a morning person by any means. Full sentences, coherent thoughts and clear vision usually don't set in until around 10:00 a.m. on a good day. Ma quando vado in gita (But when I go on a short trip), no hour is too early to get a head start on the day. This weekend, I left Florence at 6 a.m. on an early bird train to Rome with my friend Nicole, la mia amica preferita f ... 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