Verona - Juliet's Balcony

Milano, Italy

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August 4th 2006
Milano.... The world fashion capital and capital of shit food! It is quite ironic that people in $3,000.00 Versace suits queue up in McDonalds because the cuisine here is limited and tasteless if you can even find it! Oh well, it gives some relief to our ever-increasing waist lines! Our accommodation was very central in apartments overlooking the main pedestrian shopping mall. A bit like Ha ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lombardy » Milan

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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