The Colossumn

Rome

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May 14th 2010
Rome We had a 13 hour flight from KL to Rome. The flight wasn’t to bad, I was absolutely exhausted and fell asleep on the plane before it had even taken off, woke up about 3 hours later for dinner, took 2 sleeping tablets and woke up again 2 hours before landing in Rome at 630am. After clearing customs we headed off to our accommodation. We had booked ourselves into a 5 bed apa ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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