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The LIFE COACH! (and where I'm living!)

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February 20th 2007
back in time to when I first arrived... Dave and I *did* have a little scare that I'd miss my plane, but thankfully I didn't and the trip went smoothly. No one HUGE or smelly or hairy or annoying sitting next to me... no wailing babies... I actually had two seats to myself and curled up in a ball and slept the whole time. After plane, train, and cab I arrived at my current address, V ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lombardy » Milan

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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