Colosseum!

Long time no see, eh?

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November 3rd 2010
Hi. I know, I know. I’m sorry. Finals week killed me. And then I was traveling, and then I was settling into Greece and before I knew it almost a month had gone by. I’ll try to keep the updates a bit more frequent now, yeah? Let’s see, where did we leave off…? Florence I think. Well I was right when I said that next week would be quiet. There was nothing noteworthy (besides a few middle ... 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