Us in front of St Peters Basillica

When in Rome......

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March 31st 2006
Rome was amazing!! Our motto for this trip was "When in Rome...". This may account for our excessive consumption of red wine (vino), espressos, and carb-loading on pasta. We also adopted their crazy driving techniques when we hired a scooter for the day! Not to mention that crossing the road as a pedestrian was simillar to paying a game of leapfrog - Italians have NO respect for the green man!! ... 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