The Forum

Il Secondo

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August 23rd 2009
We start the day with breakfast in the hotel. Pastries, cereal, fruit, meats, cheeses, you name it. They offer a warm drink which tastes basically like water and pineapple juice. A bit weird at first, but I grew to like it. We set out early for the Colosseum and the Roman Forum, a 10 minute walk from our hotel. It’s not every day that you look down streets to see sections of a st ... 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