Sunset on the Arno River - Florence

Rome and Florence

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July 9th 2007
On the 9th July we flew out from London aboard a cheap Ryan Air flight to Rome to meet up with a friend, Erica from Melbourne, who had been in Europe for a wedding. We spent 3 nights in a nice apartment near Rome's main train station - Termini. Having an apartment was great, much more comfortable than a hotel room and more economical for the 3 of us. As we'd been to Rome before we just spent a few ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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