Casina Valadier

A Taste of Rome (and some nasty blisters)

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October 1st 2007
This morning dawned rather early for me after staying up late to finish my blogs. Fortunately, our host was running a little bit late, and his email was a sign to sleep thirty extra minutes. The first order of business for the day was to have breakfast and meet with our hotel liaison. The breakfast is held on the second floor, and we ate outside in a small courtyard, which was extremely invitin ... 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