The line in front of the Vatican Museum

Time to say bye-bye...

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July 6th 2005
I decided that I like Rome. It reminds of home (Jakarta); the litters on the street, the gritty smog from the cars, wild scooter drivers, and plenty of food and sunshine. At the end of a day of walking, we'll stagger back to our hostel, a little bit darker than when we left in the morning, from the sun as well as from the dirt that sticks to our sweaty, stinky bodies. I hope there's no disease th ... read more

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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