Today's Gladiator

Heading for Three Weeks in Italy

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April 20th 2009
Heading for Three Weeks in Italy Beginning of a trip by Tom and Gretchen McClelland. Friday, April 23, 2004—David Nishida, a fellow employee at Gretchen’s bank, joined us for a 7 p.m. departure from San Francisco. We boarded a Boeing 747 that was filled to capacity. We cruised at 35,000 feet with a ground speed of 596 miles per hour. How do we know all this? Today’s aircraft have a t ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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