Waiting for the bus that never came

The Trip to Rome

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March 29th 2009
As our bus to Rome is not until late this afternoon, we got a slow start to today and didn't get up until the Sunday church bells started ringing. Evy and I took a final walk though the little streets, stopping at the small stores selling ceramics or lace and bought a few postcards. After lunch back at the apartment, we tidied up and waiting to just before 4 before carrying our stuff down to entra ... 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