Cutting Medusa's head off

EuroTrip Day 26

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July 3rd 2008
"Wake up! You're going to miss your flight! Wake the hell up" I exclaimed to Boston! She had a flight at 9am and said she needed to leave he hostel at 6:30 or so. Well, it was now 7:30. As she hurried to get up, compose herself, and pack the remainders of her luggage, she left to the airport sans a shower. I'm sure that felt FANTASTIC. I, on the other hand, got to go back to sleep. Ah, the hos ... 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