Aleks, Blessed Somehow

Rome If You Want To....

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February 4th 2010
... Roooome Around The Woooorld! That's how it goes doesn't it? There's a certain sense of trepidation, mixed with an almost nauseous excitement and even a tiny touch of adrenalin that comes with the realisation that you are about to enter one of the most, if not THE most, important cities in the whole world. As we arrived at Camping Roma on the road into the city, we checked in with a very ... 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