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My own Spring Break

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April 13th 2008
So i didn't like the week that they gave us for Spring Break, so I decided to take my own week off and I went down to the South of Italy, to the region of Puglia. We went originally because Fabio was the sponsor to his nephew for his confirmation, and also because he had to vote, as the government here fell back in January. We went and spent most of our time in Brindisi, eating lots and lots of fo ... read more

Europe » Italy » Apulia

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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