Crazies

The "unique" Rome experience

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April 11th 2007
Welcome to Rome. Two words Tourist Trap. Day 1 we definitely loved the city and man did we do some walking! Highlights included the Trevi fountain, Coliseum my favourite the Pantheon - which I modelled (appallingly) as a 13year old. Day 2 we went to Vatican City.... nice and early to avoid the queues. We were stoked to wait only 10minutes!! People were saying it took up to 3hours! We walked i ... 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