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Party just starting

It is only 1:30AM and the crowd is just beginning to gather.
Felice Anno Nuovo!

January 1st 2007
Well we rang in the New Year last night, or should I say in the wee hours of the morning. I think that I can accurately describe how the locals (Brindisinos) celebrate this holiday. To begin with, the official holiday season begins on December 8th, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and runs through January 6th, the Feast of the Epiphany. I won’t go into the specifics of the religious sig ... read more
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Italian Flag 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
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