Roma

Day 10: Venice to Rome

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May 25th 2007
Another day of waking up ridiculously early and not wanting to get out of bed...seeing a trend here? The sun lured me slowly out from under the covers. A quick shower and packing job later, I was headed downstairs for breadfast. Bread and cornflakes. How novel! The thing that made up for the carb overdose was the coffee. Mmm. Italian coffee. When I was going back up to the room to get my bag after ... 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