The Pope!

Christmas in Rome

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February 4th 2009
For my first Christmas away from home, Kai and I decided to spend it in Rome. We took at train from Cortona on Christmas Eve and stayed in hotel near the train station. We walked around the first night and saw a few sights after dinner. We turned on the TV back in our room that night and were surprised to see the Christmas Eve service at the Vatican being broadcasted. We had a bottle of wine w ... 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