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March 26th 2009
I got back on Tuesday from a very exciting trip to the south of Italy. I went with Samantha, one of the students this semester. It worked out really well because we have very similar ideas about how to travel—which basically means that we don’t plan things well because we think it's more fun to explore (this also involves getting lost a lot and walking around aimlessly). We also think that foo ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Siena

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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