Kaiser!

Bella, bella, bella!

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May 9th 2010
Geo: 45.4345, 12.3384UPDATE ON LAST NIGHT'S DINNER: We were served with a creamy garlic soup (delicious), and then we helped ourselves to the salad bar. As we were finishing our salads, Jim-the-beer-aficionado got up and put on a faux German accent and acted as if he was welcoming us to the hotel. Then he said he had had to hire more help while we were staying there, and with a flourish he ... 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