Rome

Roma Italy

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June 20th 2008
Hello, arrived this morning, very tired, didn't get much sleep on the plane. Checked into B&B in San Giovanni, then walked to the Coliseum, managed to get lost five minutes after we left the B&B!! Got very sore feet from walking. Prices a bit of a shock to the system after Thailand. Tonight we go to the Trevi Fountain. ... 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