Trevi

Venice to Rome

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August 1st 2007
Today was another long day in the coach. We dropped off Thierry at one of the Contiki campsites and picked up a new driver. Apparently they have rules about how many hours straight drivers can drive (Paul tried telling us that Thierry had been banned from driving in Rome because he had went off road and driven circles around the Colosseum). It makes sense, I suppose. So we dropped Thierry off a ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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