At the Trevi Fountain

Day 3 - Shopping, and some Catholic guilt

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May 8th 2008
Today was a day of no tours, just doing whatever we felt like. Adrian didn't feel like doing much, so I decided it would be a good chance to go out and do some shopping. I would love to buy a good pair of shoes here, plus a few souvenirs and things like that. Also to just look in some of the designer boutiques is really interesting 😊 I looked up some of the best places to go, and came u ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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