The colosseum and look at all those fuel efficent cars!!

All Roads Lead to Rome

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July 13th 2006
The final destination was arrived upon a few days ago...but finding an internet terminal (and time) is far more complicated here than in Southeast Asia, who would have thought? Plus it does not help matters that the keyboard here is completely reconfigured, c'est la vie. The World Cup Victory created utter mayhem here, but it was fun to be in the country of the victors, despite the majority of ... 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