Fall in love with a Roman? I think not!

Everywhere outside the Colosseum were cheesyily dressed impersonators of Roman Guards asking all the pretty ladies to take a picture with them. One pretty lady did! :)

How do you grasp a city where the Colosseum is a bus stop?

May 22nd 2007
We have mastered the bus and metro system in Rome and we are pretty dang proud of ourselves. We have not gotten lost or had any problems. (knock on wood)! We started early this morning and got off the subway, walked up the stairs, and directly into the shade of the Colosseum. It was pretty spectactular. We were talked into a guided tour, which turned out to be a great idea, because not only did w ... 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

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