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Crawling over the Alps

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September 9th 2013
Bong! Bong! Bong! Yes, all eight of them woke me up. It’s eight O’clock and time to get up. I look out the window and it’s foggy, so thick you can’t see across the street. Hmmmm, driving is going be a challenge. I shower and wake Drew as I head down stairs for breakfast. He groans and rolls over as I tell him not to be too long. Drew shows up in 30 minutes, Hmmm much better than L ... read more

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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