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Roma!

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March 2nd 2009
March 2 - Our flight in from Cairo went without a hitch, and we touched down in Rome early afternoon. As expected, having spent the last couple weeks in Egypt, we knew we were in for a different type of culture shock, the money culture shock. I had arranged a transfer from the airport before we left with Romecabs, because we didn't want to deal with our baggage on the train into town, well known ... 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