The big guy

Rome Day 2

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November 30th 2007
We got up feeling pleasantly dry but separated due to the two mattress double bed so favoured by continental hoteliers, we had missed breakfast but the sun was filtering through the curtains so we packed up and were ready for a long day's walking. We left the hotel and walked about five minutes into a new country, albeit one with a population of 800 and an area of 0.17 square miles. There is for ... 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