Residence Euro Inn

Italy with Kids - to Rome

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October 9th 2008
09 Oct 2008 Today was mostly trains. First from Pompei Scavi to Napoli, a 1.5 hr wait where we had McDonalds for breakfast - note no breakfast menu at McDonalds, just the usual hamburgers and such. I purchased my last sfogliatella at the caffeteria next door. Then the 10:24 to Rome, with a 50 minute delay somewhere along the track while another train passed us (?). The transfer to the train ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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