Enjoying the Rain

Day 9 - June 22 - Ancient Rome in the Rain

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June 22nd 2010
This morning, I woke with a sore throat, a clear indication that I was about to get sick. Sam’s sickness had bloomed into full stuffyness, but since we had hit the sack around ten and slept until 11am, the worst was over for him. I knew it was just starting for me. I did not know I would be sick practically for the rest of the trip. The sickness was the first thing I registered. The next thing ... 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