Roma Antica

ROME AND HOME

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June 6th 2009
On a rainy Monday morning in Civitavecchia it was time to leave the ship after four months of cruising. We got up at 4:30am to assist Dr Tinkle. The cruise line had arranged for an escort to accompany him to the airport. Tom, his Cruise Specialists travel agent, had set up a transfer assist in Amsterdam where Dr Tinkle would be changing planes. Then our friend Paulette would be meeting him in ... 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