First view

Looking toward Vatican City, only a few hundred yards away.

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Roma

May 28th 2010
After a very long flight, without a hoped for business class upgrade, and a delay in Frankfurt - where airport business seems to primarily happen on buses and the tarmac, we finally arrive in ROMA. Because of the delay, our pick-up from the B & B is nowhere to be seen. Buff tries a quick cell call and gets "pronto?" "pronto?" "pronto?" on the other end of the line. He tells me "I don't think ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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

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