Beach day 20140831_105300

Beach day

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August 31st 2014
It's weird getting used to the cultural fact that Italians don't eat breakfast. The basement cafe Renaldo's is open in the morning and they serve food, but I'm trying to embrace the culture here, so I've only been getting beverages as the Italians do. Their cafes (called bars) don't even have chairs and tables because they just drink their coffees and go. Today I tried an espresso, which is just a ... 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