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Background: 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 established a Fascist dictatorship. His disastrous alliance with Nazi Germany led to Italy's defeat in World War II. A democratic republic replaced the monarchy in 1946 and economic revival followed. Italy was a charter member of NATO and the European Economic Community (EEC). It has been at the forefront of European economic and political unification, joining the Economic and Monetary Union in 1999. Persistent problems include illegal immigration, organized crime, corruption, high unemployment, sluggish economic growth, and the low incomes and technical standards of southern Italy compared with the prosperous north.

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By gmvelmer
October 3rd 2008

Renaissance Rome

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Raphael's "School of Athens"

Ciao everyone. Here's a "quick" update on what I've been up to, but as you all know I like to talk, well, type, so it probably won't be quick at all. Who am I kidding? Scratch that - this is going to be a long and thorough update, so prepare yourselves! Last Saturday, I walked to St. Peter’s and went to the Vatican Museums. It was World Tourism Day and the line was long, but I’m patient and I was determined to see the Sistine Chapel that morning. No excuses! I got inside and headed straight there - and because I’m [View Full Entry]

By The A Team
September 30th 2008

When in Rome...

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Ciao Roma...

In had been a long time coming, but Ange and I finally found time to take ourselves on a honeymoon. Our plan was to spend ten days split across Rome and Paris. And of course having only been back in London for 2 weeks after our last trip to Italy, it was time for another break. And I did feel like I needed one after all the celebrations and hangovers surrounding my 30th birthday in that period. We flew out of London on the Friday night after work and of course after some delays with flights, we arrived in Rome at [View Full Entry]

By AnthonyNolan
September 30th 2008

First 2 days in Roma

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Made was to my apt when i arrived, taxis are generally oly e40 from either airport and shouldnt cost more then that. Ask quanto costa (how much) to all taxis before you get in, general rule of thumb. after nearly getting scammed by 2 people i was lucky to get offered apartment from my new manager, its very central and very cheap. My room is huge and i share the spat with 4 others, 2 italians, one lad from romanian and one from bucharest. The things that i wasnt expecting was the essential things that ye dont bring with ye. When [View Full Entry]

By Ben and Eleanor
September 29th 2008

Rome

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Dinner!

Rome [View Full Entry]

By A Travel Story
September 29th 2008

Rome

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Rome

Rome ... is the capital city of Italy and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with more than 2.7 million residents, and a metropolitan area of almost 4 million inhabitants. It is located in the central-western portion of the Italian peninsula, on the Tiber river. Rome stands on top of more than two and a half thousand years of history, was once the largest city in the world and the centre of Western civilisation. Rome is still the heart of Christianity, being seat of the Roman Catholic Church which controls the Vatican City as its sovereign territory, an enclave of [View Full Entry]

By Tyler
September 28th 2008

Rome, La bella citta!

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My Room
Cozy

First things first, I apologize for not updating my blog in a LONG time, but I felt that I couldn’t really post more about Rome without pictures, and with my camera being broken, I waited for another one before going out and taking all the pictures over again. So, here goes… I’ll start from the beginning. We got in to Rome and I haven’t really relaxed since. This city is absolutely amazing. Greece was decent, but in comparison Rome trumps every city I have ever been to. The buildings, the people, and the culture are far beyond my wildest expectations, and [View Full Entry]

By The McDermotts
September 28th 2008

FALL IS IN THE AIR!

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At the Da Vinci museum... the last hot day we had.

Long time no blog...sorry. Life has gotten busy! The children have had two weeks of school and are adjusting very well. I continue working and enjoy it as well :) Odin and Lily turned 6 although their actual birthday party will be in October, we had a small celebration here on the actual day of their birthday. I turned 40 in Siena, Italy--pretty memorable city--so beautiful! Now I have to decide what my mid-life crisis will be !! Fall is here--cooler nights and crisp days---now the childrenbelieve that seasons DO exist! Planning some weekend trips to nearby towns as well. [View Full Entry]

Odin and Lily begin enjoying bithday gifts.

By Deborah
September 26th 2008

Ciao From Italy

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The local Roman Cake tin

Ciao Folks, sorry about the gap in communication we have been flat stick doing the tourist thing and there has also been a shortage of wifi hot spots for us to update from! Well its all true from what we have experienced- Italy and the italians have got it all going on! As long as you can avoid all the worst tourist rip off spots and go local which is easily done its fantastic. We left Turkey early and via Bulgaria and Malta which was lovely arrived to beautiful late summer weather in Italy and a neat apartment with park across [View Full Entry]

By The great adventure of Rayburn and V
September 26th 2008

BRACCIANO

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Mike and Vi

BRACCIANO 26.09.08 Autumn has come. And it feels like it should be here. Sunny and breezy. Here in the countryside around Rome everything is quite. We’re sorting out the last few things before moving again. For the rest we just relax. We’re enjoying the infinite pleasure of Italian food and I’m struggling to get a bit of tan before leaving towards the cold! The only thing we’re still missing is…a Visa to Vietnam!! I guess we got distracted and we just missed the thing. We hope we’re gonna be able to get one in Moscow or in Beijing, if anyone has [View Full Entry]

By cjclonch04
September 26th 2008

Update from Rome!

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Fountain of Trevi

So I was way too tired to write everything that wanted to for Wednesday's entry. So, our last day in Florence, we went through a couple museusm, including the accademia which holds Michaelangelo's "David". It was spectacular, I didn't realize before that it was so huge, like 4 times the size of a normal man. Really awesome to see and we went later in the evening, so we didn't have to deal with any lines. After that we grabbed some dinner at a really cute place and then headed over to a jazz club, where they were having a blues jam [View Full Entry]

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