Trevi Fountain

1st day of our holiday

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August 31st 2007
Hi all, we arrived in Rome after a VERY long 24 hours of flying. Rome is very humid - but very beautiful! We checked into our hotel and set off for some sightseeing - headed for the Trevi Fountain. We got halfway there, and stopped for lunch at a little cafe on a side-street. Luke lead me to believe we were a little bit lost - and I started to look around for a street sign. When I turned back, he ... 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