The end of Rome and an hour long power walk through the Vatican...

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October 23rd 2009
Here I am, back in Boston (so annoyed at the Pats' loss to the Saints last night!), trying to fill in some of the blog holes in my trip. I am still waiting for the Berlin/Poland/Prague/most-of-Rome memory card to arrive, so until then, I'll start filling in other things. Here are the pictures I do have from my last day/night in Rome. The city is particularly beautiful at night - more to come if ... 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