The beautiful campus

First few days in Rome

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August 30th 2014
Getting to Rome It was my first time flying but I wasn't worried. It was down pouring on the way to the airport so I was concerned that our flight would be delayed, which it was initially. And then it was cancelled. There were many others there from the group flight though, so we stuck together and asked what was being done about our flight. The airline was able to put us on an earlier f ... 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