Statue on bridge

Day 2 in Rome

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June 4th 2008
We woke up early and my honey brought me up coffee and breakfast up to our terrace room (and up the mile of steps). I had booked us 3 tours with "Through Eternity Tours" about a month prior and we had our first one booked for the Vatican at 10am. Our tour guide was Rob (from the states) and he did an awesome job-our tour actually lasted longer than it was supposed to and ended around 6pm. He re ... 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