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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]
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] Blog: The best of Italy
Date: July 8th 2005
We left Liz's place at 4 AM for Heathrow airport by taxi. The journey took around 30min. Taxi was the only option at that hour of the morning (the train left at 230AM!). We joined the cue for checkin and this took around 2.5 hours because we had to wait for the Alitalia staff to open the checkin and then get to other flights checked before ours. We made the flight at 6:30 and arrived in Roma 3hrs ... read more
Date: July 8th 2005
We left Liz's place at 4 AM for Heathrow airport by taxi. The journey took around 30min. Taxi was the only option at that hour of the morning (the train left at 230AM!). We joined the cue for checkin and this took around 2.5 hours because we had to wait for the Alitalia staff to open the checkin and then get to other flights checked before ours. We made the flight at 6:30 and arrived in Roma 3hrs ... read more
