Roman Holiday

I have always depended on the kindness of Strangers...

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October 27th 2008
Well, arrived in Rome! But I suppose I should back track a little... I arrived in Switzerland on a train through Zurich and had my passport stamped by some friendly border patrol dudes... that stamp marks the last time I would see my passport. Which is a total bum since I had just gotten my 11th stamp! I was really upset about it, but realized that my stamps were gone, but my experiences at th ... 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