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Sue Sick, Vatican Closed, Rome still cool.

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September 9th 2007
Hello everybody. Poor little Susie's sick. We forgot that she's not supposed to have any alcohol with the tablets she's been taking, but we had a few glasses of wine at the wine bar last night and now she's not feeling so good. Hopefully it doesn't last long. We had a bit of a look around today, but it was hard for Susie to walk too far because she's sick in the stomach and has a headache, s ... 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