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Festival Along the Tiber

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June 26th 2017
Today was a very uneventful day. I was able to sleep in, for the first time in a while, and do things on my own again. A friend and I decided to go mail postcards to ourselves, so when we get home, we'll have it waiting for us in the mail. After mailing the postcards, we walked around and shopped. I had to buy a small luggage because I have bought so many souvenirs that I will not be able t ... 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