Sperlonga Beach

Sperlonga

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July 29th 2008
Well, the last two days in Italy have been very lazy. Went to the beach to work on our burns, then today we went and finished off the last site to see in Rome. The beach was a blast in the sun, lots of people and lots of bikinis. We have tickets booked to go back to Switzerland and tour around the Alps. We'll see the Matterhorn and the Top of Europe, Zurich and maybe Bern. ... 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