Castel Sant Angelo

And off to Roma!

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July 26th 2013
On the 26th July 2013 I flew out to Rome, leaving Clapham and my friends behind me. It was during the previous April that I decided enough was enough and that it was finally time to follow my dream of moving abroad. After some thought, I set my sights on Italy and applied for 5 jobs here-getting two of them based in Rome. After a fraught evening of deliberations and phone calls I decided on St. Ge ... 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