First view of the Colosseum

In Italy finally.....

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April 23rd 2010
DAY ONE Finally we have arrived in Rome. The flight was not too bad as we all slept for a couple of hours. Our taxi was waiting for us when we cleared customs and passport control. Then he dropped us off at our apartment which is fantastic!! We had a shower and then we headed off on our first tour of Rome. Off we went to the Colosseum which is only 5 minutes down the road from where we are ... 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