Entrance to St Peter's

Days 232 - 239: Italy

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September 14th 2007
Roma! Our introduction to the 'eternal city' was a bit on the crap side to be honest! The flight was fine and we arrived full of beans and enthusiasism, however after about 40 minutes of milling around aimlessly waiting for a bus we had lost a bit of fizz - this was compounded by the fact that there was NOWHERE to get cash out at the airport, so we made our way to the Underground station on the ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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