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ROMA!

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October 7th 2007
Lovely! We have arrived in Roma...and the train ride here wasn't half bad either. We woke up in Napoli and fell asleep in Roma! It was quite nice actually....on our way down to the train we had the sweetest old italian men trying to help us find our way around, because it was obvious with our huge-mongous backpacks that we weren't from their parts. Then after arriving at the station we had the swe ... 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