The dreaded swim-cap

Swim Caps and an Italian Lunar Eclipse

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June 15th 2011
Well today marks exactly 2 weeks left here in Rovigo, Italy for me. It's amazing how two and a half weeks have already flown by! (And a miracle how I have kept the patience to write an entry for every one of those days plus 3!) Well today featured a common activity in the United States, but with a little bit of a twist: swimming. At around 11 this morning, Lucia took Paolo and I down to the ... 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