Colosseum

The Land of Pizza and Pasta

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January 5th 2011
My original plan for Italy was to live with Michela and Sofia in Rome as an au pair and find some part-time work during the day, but unfortunately, only a few days before I arrived in Rome these plans fell through. I was still able to stay with Michela for the first couple of weeks, but then she would need to go back to Australia to sort out her permanent residency. So I spent most of those f ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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