Castel Sant'Angelo

When In Rome....Sweat!

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June 21st 2007
Buon giorno! I made it to Rome....Hooray!!...ergh but it is hot. Hot, hot and hot. Let me recap the experience- I left Paris to go to Beauvais-Paris Airport which is about a 50 minute bus ride from Porte Maillot in Northern Paris, early Wednesday morning and endured more waiting in ques (sp?) in this oh-so-small little airport (with a large pack of tourists) for another couple of hour ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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