Vikki with Coliseum in Back

Hit the Road Running

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June 24th 2009
We changed out of our travel clothes met our friends and started off for the Coliseum and Forum. From the hotel it was a short walk to the Forum in the old city. We bought a museum pass that would get us into various sites around town at a discounted rate or free. The only word I can use to describe the experience of walking through ancient Rome is awesome. The weather was perfect, conside ... 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