Us in front of St. Peters

When in Rome....

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May 23rd 2007
Hello everyone! Hope all is well in Canada, we heard you had snow! All we can say is... today, at 6:00 in Rome, in our air conditioned restaurent it was 31 degrees. Think of the outside world... So, we finally arrived in Rome, after only 2 hours of sleep in 36 hours, planes cancelled, air traffic controllers striking, and some adventuresome buses and metros. So when in Rome, do as Romans do, 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