Rome

Rome, Italy

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May 23rd 2012
23rd May, 2012 Arrival in Rome was hassle-free getting through immigration and customs.<span> Long queues at immigration, but again we were fortunate in not being stopped at customs – but we had nothing to declare anyway. We’ve been in Rome about 26 hours. The flight from Dubai was about 6 hours – and seemed as long as the 14 hour flight the day before! I didn’t get any sleep ... read more

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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