Us at the top with random lava sculpture

When In Rome...

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May 30th 2012
Hello all! I am back from Rome, where I celebrated my 25th Birthday. Sorry I have not posted sooner, but since I got back (very late) Monday night I have been non-stop busy! We had a really nice time and the weather held out almost for the whole weekend, which was a bonus! On Friday we flew into Rome, myself from Turin and Bex from London. Before I left for Italy we spent hours planning and ... 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