Trevi Fountain

Rome-First Day-Trevi Time

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November 20th 2007
I made it to Rome today. Everything was on schedule which has been a rare first for me lately in my love/hate relationship with Northwest Airlines. Was a long day of traveling with the overnight flight out of Minneapolis. Watched a couple movies on the flight in the very convenient personal monitors in the seats and otherwise napped. They even fed us dinner and breakfast. Had a stopover for a ... 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