Fountain at the Piazza di Popoli

Roma - A change of pace

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September 11th 2007
We arrived in Rome last night around 9:00 and headed straight for our hostel "Freestyle". This hostel isn't an official one, and you can tell the difference. It is just as clean and safe feeling, but it is more like a party than a sleeping room. The owner was real laid back and was just hanging out with everyone else. The best part is free breakfast and free dinner!!! Not too shabby. Today we d ... 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