The Colloseum without a pretty girl

Rome

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April 27th 2007
UntitledJulie J Vanover Ahh, Rome! I arrived in Rome on Wednesday afternoon, not having a hostel booked because I ran out of time in Naples. But one of the girls in my room assured me that I would find a hostel very easily, she said I would get off the train and people would be coming up to me asking if I needed a hostel. Well, ... 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