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A week in Italy

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August 25th 2009
Sometimes the strangest thing is that something strange seems normal. In this case, spending a week in Italy. On paper I was sure that spending a week in Pasta-land would seem foreign, but this time around it seemed, well, like visiting a neighbor: the "I'm in Italy!!!" awe was plainly missing. I am starting to feel French...! Delphine and her family had spent a week hiking around Northern Ital ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice

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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