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Celebrity

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August 2nd 2011
Kalimera (Good day) to you all, It's been a while since our last correspondence. The internet on the ship is hopeless and expensive so John can't read his Herald of a morning. Anyway back to the beginning. Monday June 6, 2011 We arrived at the Termini in Rome very early and bought our ticket. A young man tried to help us but I told him loudly (twice) we were OK so he finally wa ... 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