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Italy here we come

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October 30th 2009
Yay! Megan and I actually were able to meet up with our friends from PG!!! Who would have thought that we would be lucky enough to meet up with Charlotte and Kaela in Italy. Haha we actually had a bit of a situation getting from France to Italy though, we missed our scheduled train. Now for those of you who have travelled by train around Europe you would think no big deal, just catch the next t ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence

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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