Florence

Assisi, Florence and nearing the end of Roma

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December 3rd 2008
Time is winding down… These past few weeks have been arguably the most fun that I have had this entire trip. Because we are all fairly traveled out, I love just being in Rome with my roommates. We do fun things such as decorating for Christmas, story time (every night haha), and family dinners every few nights or so. Our apartment has kind of become the hangout place, which is nice and conve ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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