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St. Peter's Basilica

Rome was not backpacked in a day

July 29th 2012
After arriving in Rome, it was a short metro hop to our bed and breakfast, tucked away in a random district near the center. Our area was not a tourist destination, and it was nice to get away from the crowds for a while. Rome, as it has been for centuries, is particularly metropolitan. It could be easily confused with any other city of the world, if it weren’t for the millennia old ruins and re ... read more
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