Pizza

First day in Rome!

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September 1st 2010
Greatings from Roma!! I've only been here about a day but I think I'm in love already. 😊 It's so gorgeous! We got into the airport around 5 30 last night and then took a bus to our hostel with a group of German students who, it turned out, knew every word to Boom Boom Pow by the Black Eyed Peas. Kinda makes a case for the arts transcending language and culture. The hostel was kind of cute, ... 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