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My last few days

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April 24th 2008
The past two weeks have been an absolute blur, because all of my friends and family visits happened as well as the last minute things that wrap up my 4 month stay in Italy. I can't believe I am writing those words and I feel like I just arrived, but I am definitely excited to get home. First...Erin, my roommate from CofC came to visit last two weekends ago and so did my aunt and uncle. We wandered ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence

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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