Tiber River, Rome

A view from the On Off Bus

October 10th 2006
Pronto! Arrived in Rome on Thursday morning after travelling overnight with a coach from Victoria Coach Station to Stansted and then waiting around for my 6.10am flight. Might be a cheap flight but means being sleep deprived. I found my way around the maze of buses to catch the 90 bus to meet my host Guiliana who lives some 20 minutes away from the centre of Rome. She met me in the Piazz ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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

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Linda Scott

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Hello, welcome to my travel blog. About me - well to cut a long story short, I left England when I was 20 (a Barnet girl) travelled first to New Zealand for a year where I enjoyed life as a postie around Auckland’s streets (as at that time English people had a bad reputation for being too casual about employment) and it was all that was on offer. I loved it and got very fit, first on foot, then bicycle. Then on to Australia for the next 30 years or so. Occupations included housekeeper on sheep station in outback Queensland, secretary for mining company in Mt Isa, scriptwriter, promotions... full info

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