The colosseum

Lost without a hotel in Roma

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September 2nd 2007
Let me paint a picture for you. After a LONG day of travel, with a grumpy Greg by your side, you manage to make it to Rome, carrying heavy backpacks, in the dead of night. You reach your hotel to find...NO ONE THERE. annoying? I agree!! and yet, with just my luck, this is exactly what happened upon our arrival in rome. No matter, after a few frustrating minutes trying to contact the Hotel owner, G ... 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