St. Peter's Basilica

Rome, Italy

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June 19th 2007
I'm trying to catch up on the blog now that I have access to cheap internet, but I'm not going to try and figure out the dates of when I was where... you can look at the itinerary. In Rome I stayed in a cabin at Camping Village Roma. I was in a room with a couple of the Aussies I had met on the way to Venice. The campground was just sweet. There was a pool, bar, restaurant, and cheap supermark ... 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