A FVNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORVM June 17th 2007 My Journey So I made it to Rome safe and sound. The trip wasn't all that bad and I slept on the plane for most of the time, so it went by pretty quickly. The first person who welcomed me to Rome was a transvestite dressed as a cheerleader who was riding on a bus talking over a loud speaker. I'll get into the context of this encounter later. Once we got into Rom ... read more
Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome 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