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Ancient Rome and Trastevere for Dinner

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June 3rd 2008
Tuesday, June 3- Ancient Rome and Trastevere After waiting on the shuttle bus for close to an hour due to heavy traffic because of some big thing happening in the city, we were on our way to downtown Rome. Armed with only our wits and a map, we first decided to get some lunch. We found a small café called Antico Caffe’ del Teatro Marcello on the way to ancient Rome and stopped for some sandwic ... read more

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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