Ljubljana

Of cookies, Italy, and photos

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August 26th 2008
Yay, photos! A whole bunch of them! Anyways. Monday made my head whirl. First there was a train ride to the Italy/Slovenia border, which was mostly interesting because of the weather. When I left the hostel it was cloudy and foggy and cold; 6 minutes of tunnel later it was blazing hot and sunny on the other side of the mountain without a cloud in sight. Then I changed trains in the b ... read more

Europe » Italy » Trentino Alto Adige » Trento

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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