The Pope says Hello

Ciao From Italy

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September 26th 2008
Ciao Folks, sorry about the gap in communication we have been flat stick doing the tourist thing and there has also been a shortage of wifi hot spots for us to update from! Well its all true from what we have experienced- Italy and the italians have got it all going on! As long as you can avoid all the worst tourist rip off spots and go local which is easily done its fantastic. We left Turkey ... 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