leaning

and then we got lost

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June 19th 2006
ok ok...so sometimes i'm wrong. last night we wandered across town, there was so many things going on! mom doesn't like how many american there are here, and personally it's not my favorite thing, but it could be worse. at least i don't feel totally unwelcome like in france. so....back to my story...mom and i wandered downtown, and saw the street where they sell all the fake designer bags. a ... 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