Wine Festival!

I survived the Plague

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October 6th 2008
Hello Everyone! Sorry I haven't been updating my blog, but I just got over the plague that has been going around the school. I am now finished wallowing in my own crapulance and I can now show you what I've been up to. Two weekends ago I went to the Uffizi Gallery. Italy was having some sort of celebration and most of the museums were open for free. The best part in that gallery was Botticelli. H ... 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