Antonio and water pistol

Arriverderci Italia!

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August 31st 2012
Hi All, Boy it's hard leaving Italy. The Italians are such emotional people that saying goodbye is very hard. We had about a week in Atena before we went to England and then we returned to Atena to say our goodbyes and then flew back to China from Napoli via Roma. After nearly three years away I'd forgotten how quiet Atena is. I asked My brother in law Giuseppe if anything had chan ... read more

Europe » Italy » Campania » Atena Lucana

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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