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Rimini

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June 24th 2006
We spent two days in Rome, really a day and a half. Got there on the 21st in the afternoon. Our hostel was a horrible subway/busride to the outskirts of the city so I haven't written since then. Too much to see and didn't want to waste the time trying to find an internet cafe. We stayed at a camping village where we had a tiny little trailer to ourselves. The place was row after row of self ... read more

Europe » Vatican City

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Popes in their secular role ruled portions of the Italian peninsula for more than a thousand years until the mid 19th century, when many of the Papal States were seized by the newly united Kingdom of Italy. In 1870, the pope's holdings were further c... ... read more