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Day 14 - Farewell to friends ... and off to Rome

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October 22nd 2013
Rebecca and Lorraine left us today to continue their eight week adventure. It was such fun - and I'm so grateful they shared some of their journey with me. We waved them off on their train back to Florence and were just a little surprised it left before our scheduled train to Rome. Didn't take too long to realise, even with the language barrier, that our train was cancelled, as were all tr ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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