IMG_6251[1]

Italian Culture Shock

---

September 29th 2014
I have been here less than a week, and find that I am reminding myself often of that. I am going through some culture shock and American withdrawals in my first few days of being Italy. I think many Americans have the stereotype that Italians may be fatter because they eat so many carbohydrates. This stereotype is very much a steretype... the only fat Italian I have seen is a young infant and that ... read more

Europe » Italy » Piedmont » Turin

---

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