CIMG3789

Roma

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August 30th 2009
So I just arrived in Rome today!!! I got to meet everyone at the gate before we got on the plane, they all seem pretty nice so no worries yet! Everyone was just really awake and hyper and so I probably seemed anti-social considering I was exhausted and didn’t really make an effort to meet anyone at first. The 8 ½ hour plane ride wasn’t that bad, food was awful but I slept for most of it. They ... 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