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When in Rome...

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August 27th 2008
...do as the Romans do. Here in August that means, leave the city and go on holiday. Since Jackie and Rob were visiting and we all have limited funds, we stayed in the country. That's what most Italians do anyway, unless you're Davide. In that case, you head to Turkey and Cuba. So my travels in August included Cinque Terre, Positano, Florence and of course, the beaches of Ostia. But over the pa ... 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