Laura and Me at the Duomo

The Adventures of Chiara and Devin in Italy!

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December 11th 2011
Hi everyone! We have another birthday in the Fam! Happy Birthday Sean!!! I hope you have a lovely day today! 😊 Well, there is a lot of Italy to catch up on! On Tuesday Chiara had to get up very, very early to go to school, so I stayed home and slept in.<span> After breakfast, Claudia asked me if I would like to see their garden.<span> I hadn’t even noticed the gate ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lombardy » Como

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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