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Roma!

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July 2nd 2005
Big warm Ciao from the city of Roma! Well we have made the first city in our Italian journey with no major complications. Except maybe if you can call a Gelato shop next to our B&B a "complication". As a matter of self presevation, Michael and I have agreed to keep to a one gelatto a day commitment. Unfortunately one gelatto in this city involves a cone and about 3 scoops of some of the most d ... 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