Over Italian Coast

Departure to Rome

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April 28th 2005
We left Seattle today at 11:05am on a flight to Cincinnati and then on to Rome. We we're a bit worried about our connection in Cincinnati as the flight from Seattle was scheduled to arrive there only 20 minutes before the flight to Rome, and we had to get seat assignments at the gate in Cincinnati. Connections one of the joys of flying lol. In this case it worked out as the rest of the trip wo ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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