Trevi and Mom

Rome

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November 26th 2007
Mom and I arrived in Rome in the evening, so the drive into the city was, unfortunately, after dark. By the time we had checked into the hotel it was pretty late but we hadn’t eaten so we headed out to find somewhere that would be open. Just down the street from our hotel we found a really cute little restaurant, the dinner was incredible which just foreshadowed the incredible food we had over t ... 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