Circus Maximus

Day 8 - June 21 - Rome's impressive but...

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June 21st 2010
Sam coined it on day one. “Rome’s impressive,” he said, “But Florence takes your heart”. There is nothing I regret about spending 10 days in Rome. We saw it, we saw it all, we let it sink in at a reasonable pace. But now that I’ve done it, I’d never do it again. Our first day, Sam woke up grouchy. I didn’t really know what was wrong so I let him sleep a little more. We breakfast ... 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