me being artistic in the vatican museum

london

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July 8th 2005
just letting you all know that i'm obviously ok considering i'm not even in the uk. it's all a bit scary though. i know quite a few people in london but fortunately no one was anywhere near any of the blasts. lots of us are going back to work eventually and so far everyone i know is sticking with their plans. the people i was sharing a room with the last couple of nights flew to london today and t ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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