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June 23rd 2008
Here we are, still in Rome and the heat is blistering. 33 today, how much more can a koala bare? Today went to the Vatican Museum, which houses the Sistine Chapel. Thought we'd beat the crowds and go early, not, still packed solid at 8.30am. On with the show. Tomorrow we will look at going to the ancient Rome Harbour Osteo Antico. We had thought about doing Pompei but it takes ages to get there ap ... 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