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My first day of school--a week after I graduated. Lovely.

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May 30th 2011
What can I say about today other than, "Holy Crap." I woke up pretty early (around 5:45 Italy time) and couldn't go back to sleep--I was nervous because today was my first day of school. After I took a shower, Elena offered to make me some eggs. So I oblidged, but then she wanted me to teach her how to make scrambled eggs (I still don't know whether or not she ever knew how to make them ... read more

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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