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Pompeii

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March 5th 2009
Pompeii was pretty high on our list of sights for this trip, so we were looking forward to the trip. Unfortunately the weather did not appear to want to cooperate with us today. We got up fairly early, and due to the pouring rain outside, decided to take a cab to Termini station, where we could catch our train. We chose to take the 2.5 hour regional train for about 14 Euro, rather than the 1.5 ... 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