Published: May 29th 2009
April 1st 2009
April 1st 2009
The April fools joke for today was played on ourselves as we set our alarm wrong and woke up much later than we had planned to. In my previous visit to Rome, I recall seeing huge lines for the Vatican museum and everyone we have talked to has advised us to go early. With this in mind, we headed out the door without breakfast and caught the 7 am bus to a nearby local train station. We took the trai... Read Full Entry
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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...more info
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