enjoying the afternoon

Giardini Pubblici, the oldest park in Milan

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March 14th 2007
This park is a 5 minute walk from my house. It's so beautiful and it's enjoyed by so many italians- reading the paper, walking the dog or the baby at lunch, business chats, kids playing sports and loitering, and best of all, people of all ages UNABASHEDLY making-out... standing up, sitting on the park-bench, lying on the grass- CRAZY! We're talking heavy petting, here! I seriously felt lonely wh ... 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