The View out of the Boy's Balcony

Rome to Perugia

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May 12th 2010
9:39 Rome Time/ 2:39 Central time Location: Somewhere over the English Channel Less than 2 hrs left of our 9 hr 18 minute flight. Its not the first time in my life that I’ve wish I received those Schlatter genes for being able to sleep anywhere at anytime. So far I have not been able to sleep at all the past 7 hours, apparently I cannot sleep sitting up. Supper on the plane wasn’t too bad ... read more

Europe » Italy » Umbria » Perugia

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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