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Day 2: Exploring Rome

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August 4th 2014
I started the day by hoping on a bus and heading to Stazione Centrale Roma Termini (central train station). There I met a Russian couple, who were struggling with a money transfer operation because they knew 0 English . After helping them and successfully getting the money,we headed to the Colosseo, cutting through a series of narrow streets. This is when I fell in-love with Italy. We stumbled upo ... read more

Europe » Italy » Campania

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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