view from our terrace at night

A Stroll in Roma at Night

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January 8th 2006
It was a long walk from our apartment to the spanish steps. We stopped on the way at the Trevi fountain. A flower guy got the girls that Trey and I were walking with and tricked them into taking a flower, then made us pay for the flowers. Just a euro but still a pain. The walk was fun but very long. About an hour one way if you are walking strait there. We rubbernecked on the way there, look ... 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