Nicole with her gelato

A Rainy Last Day in Rome

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June 11th 2008
Sunday, June 8- A rainy last day in Rome After it finally stopped raining this morning and afternoon, we decided to head into Rome for an early dinner (which doesn’t exist here!) and to possibly check out another church or two. We found the place we wanted to eat but they didn’t open until about 7:30 (it was almost 6:00.) We headed down to San Giovanni in Laterno. This is considered “Rome†... 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