venice street

The loo's in Italy

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January 19th 2006
Our last night in Rome was fun with some interesting parts. Our first taxi experience didnt go so great. Our host at Alice in Wonderland called the taxi for us and instructed them where we wanted to go. We told the driver as well with a map where we wanted to go. The meter was alreay at 6 euros when we got in and maxi said that it would be about 12 euros. The driver drop us off in the wrong place ... 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