The last 24 hours in a nutshell

Day 1: The Easy Day

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June 21st 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 Today I woke up thinking, “What am I doing?” Last minute changes I had been packing and re-packing all weekend. My carefully planned packing list turned out to be excessive, and my backpack, which I planned to weight 16-20 pounds, was a whomping 30 pounds! I went into mini-panic mode. How was I going to carry this bag on my back around Europe? I removed ... 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