Me with the Rosetta Stone

Still Trying to Catch Up (with pictures!)

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May 12th 2008
Hey all, Drea and I are in Rome now and having a great time, except for the fact that it takes forever to get around in the city. Anyway, back to where I left off last time (with some pictures from earlier times). Mont St Michel After our happy reunion we headed to Mt St Michel. We stayed at a campsite there, but in these little shacks that had no running water. They were pretty comfortab ... 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