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Mellowing in Italy - Siena, Sunday 2007 May 13

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May 13th 2007
Again, cooking school started the day. Today we were full of giggles, making lots of jokes and puns – lots of fun and laughter. Hourly, in the background, were the Sunday bells peeling from around the city. The translator was new (to us). She was Deanna, a Canadian from Hamilton whose family is originally from Abruzzo. She is studyi ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Siena

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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