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July 4th in Rome

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July 9th 2007
Last Tuesday we took it easy and took care of things at the lake. Giac had arranged for me to go to Rome to meet with someone while Tim and Ethan were here, so they could go to Rome with me. We had to leave early the morning of July 4th, so we went to the train station to purchase our tickets on Tuesday. Tuesday afternoon in the pool Ethan cut his foot and complained that he did not want to go to ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lombardy

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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