Hail Caesar!

Ciao Bella! Been there, got the Tshirt

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January 11th 2009
There is not a lot to tell you about Rome. As much as I've always wanted to go to Italy, by the time I got here I was hung over, tired and exhausted. I did a lot of walking in Rome and I'll let the photos show you where I went because it is not an exciting tale. Rome is beautiful though, and I plan to come back (not hung over) to explore Italy in more detail. The only stories I have for Rom ... 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