When in Rome....

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September 25th 2012
Rome, what a direct contrast to the past couple of days. It's busy, smelly ( the locals are anyway) and so old you just can't really relate. Today our mission was to see the key tourist attractions, the Colosseo, the Pantheon, the Forum and the Trevi fountain. We had planned to see all of these from the comfort of a hop on and off bus, but soon realized that they were really not that far f ... 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