Rome airport

Italian Classics - Rome

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September 9th 2010
We're getting older and wiser as we travel. When planning a trip to Italy, we decided to make the long cross country and Atlantic ocean flight in two sections. So on September 8th we flew from PDX, (Portland, OR) to JFK, (NYC). We spent the night and adjusted, somewhat, to the 4 hour time change. Then on Sept 9th we flew from JFK to Rome! We were met there by our tour (Road Scholar) represent ... 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