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Travelling around the boot : Italy

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June 8th 2007
After departing Tokyo, next stop on Pip's World Tour was Rome! I couldn't really have picked too more differing countries in terms of their landscape, history, culture and people. But that's what makes life so interesting doesn't it! Day 1 - was a historical sites tour. First stop: the Colosseum which was only a short walk from my hostel. What first struck me was how the Italians have endea ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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