Ostia - Faber Beach

It's way too damn hot

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June 22nd 2008
The temperature reached over 95 on Friday, and way more the past two days. And honestly, I think it's 99% humidity. This country does not believe in fans, and the air conditioning that I was so excited about only works in the hallway, and doesn't go below 68 degrees. It sucks. So, we've been sitting around doing pretty much nothing because it's too hot to move. We went to Ostia again last night in ... 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