Anticipation

Pilgrimage to Rome - Ciao Papa

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February 2nd 2010
After arriving in Rome and taking an airport shuttle ride into the city, we were deposited in the Campo di Fiori in lashing rain. We rented an apartment for the week to share with Eric’s mom, to take her on her first visit to Italy. I was nervous after our rental in Rio and the disaster that was. I just wanted this to go well. I left Eric and Mom stranded under the cover of a restaurant to a ... 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