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Zanzare

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September 7th 2008
So I have officially been in Florence for one week. Spent by getting lost, attempting to learn Italian, drinking way too much caffè and trying not to die in the sweltering heat. Do not get me wrong it isn't that I don't adore being stalked because I am oh so clearly an American; it is the zanzare or mosquitos that I don't agree with. Every time I wake up I find 5 more bites located in spots that ... read more

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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