The Coliseum at night from the Roman Forum

Villa Borghese and Window Shopping

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June 7th 2008
Saturday, June 7-Villa Borghese and Window Shopping After another lazy morning, we made it into Rome around 2:30. First stop was lunch. We stopped at a pretty touristy sandwich snack bar place but we were both starving! We also learned that you pay double if you sit at the table for a €3 sandwich that you could take to go. You live and learn I guess. We had gelato at San Crispino to make us fee ... 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