Riomaggiore at Sunset

When in Rome...

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June 9th 2006
Well I would do as the Roman’s do but since I never met any all I can assume they do is eat gelato. Lots and lots of gelato. Gelato. Moving right along - Once again we arrived in a city with no idea where our hostel was so I pulled out some more Italian at the tourist office which did the trick. The train station in Rome is not recommended as a place to hang out as some people seem to have trea ... 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