Italian Tourism

We Made It!

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May 22nd 2007
Hey everyone. we made it safe and sound. Although we only planned to meet somewhere in the Rome airport, we did meet up without any problems. We did some small tours yesterday. We visited the Spanish Steps and the Trevi Fountain. We found both to be slightly anticlimatic. But the gelato was great. 😊 (gelato is like ice cream, but better) Laura is going to write about our 'lodging' for the ... 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