On the

Departing Rome

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January 15th 2008
It's 4am - my train for Siena leaves at 6:30am. I'm going to sleep in the common room of the hostel for 2 hours... if I stay in the bed, I'll probably not wake up. I haven't posted about walking the city with Noelle, or meeting up with Flaviano from couch surfing dot com, or the stories of Brazilians, Argentines, Ukrainians, Indians(not Native Americans), drunken Americans, So. Californians, 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