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Rome, Italy Day 2

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March 18th 2011
Friday March 18 - First day in the heart of Rome We woke up early to have a proper breakfast and walked to a local Italian market to see if we could get some wine for the train. Soon after that, we were off to the train station at the airport to begin our journey to downtown Rome. Everything went smooth and we had a quick 30 minute train ride into town. We arrived and our hotel was only a fe ... 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