Start of the finale

Happy 2008, Roma!

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December 31st 2007
What a way to bring in the New Year. Because I really just want a place to upload my New Years fireworks photos, this entry isn't going to be much else but fireworks and talk about how amazingly crazy New Years Eve in Rome was. And all we did was go out to the streets. We didn't go to any parties, bars, restaurants, official concerts, or planned gatherings. We actually didn't really know what was ... 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