back when we thought our train was only going to be three hours late

Christmas in Rome: "Kate, the baby Jesus is missing!"

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December 25th 2009
(There are two blogs I've been meaning to write (one about my birthday trip to Dunkerque and the other about my weekend spent visiting châteaux in the Loire Valley), but I doubt I'll get around to them. Sorry. Instead, I'm skipping right to Christmas in Rome.) After six weeks of working hard, shaping the young minds of rural, northern France, it was time for me to have another two week break. I ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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