Circus Maximus for Pope's Funeral

Rome

April 9th 2005
In Florence now! Woo! Florence is a nice city. We got here around 3:40PM yesterday (took a train after the funeral mass was over). Speaking of which, what a strange and amazing experience. So many people gathered together to honor a man and honor God (or just watch the sight of it all)-- it's nearly indescribable. The crowds stood together, sat together, clapped and cheered, sang and said ... 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

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Alexis Stratton

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I am a graduate from the University of South Carolina, finished my BA in May 2006 (with a major in English and a minor in Film Studies), and am now in graduate school at USC getting my MFA in Creative Writing. I spent Spring 2005 at the University of Limerick in Ireland studying abroad and traveled everywhere I could throughout Ireland and Europe! Post-graduation, I taught English at a girls' high school in South Korea via the Fulbright Program and returned to Korea a year later to assist with Fulbright Korea's training program. I've also spent time in various parts of the US and world, su... full info

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