The Arena

Verona

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July 14th 2005
In fair Verona is where we lay our scene... We took off from class for Verona. We got to Verona, took the wrong bus but it went in the right direction at least, and headed UP A MOUNTAIN (basically) for our hostel... yes I said hostel. It wasn't so bad. There were 14 of us, 9 of which were girls, so we were in a 10-person room with some other girl. After dropping our stuff into a locked dress ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Verona

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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