where we ate dinner

Italian adventures

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April 24th 2008
Well we have had an interesting last few days… I don’t have much time on the internet, but I’ll give a little summary of what we have done (and I won’t be able to post pictures yet, but I’ll try at some point). When we got to Rome (after 30 hours of traveling on train and ferry) we met up with the other six from our group that were in Rome at the Spanish Steps, so that was awesome and th ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Siena

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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