Map Room in Vatican Museum

Day-3 (Oct 22) Tour Vatican and Rome

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October 24th 2010
We started with a very large breakfast (at least by European standards) included by the hotel. Well, actually two of us had a severe equipment malfunction and did not get up until they were called at 8:00 AM. With the bus leaving at 8:30, Jim and Kathy did not have much of a breakfast this day. But our group all met our guide for this day, Paula, promptly at 8:30. She passed out little radio r ... 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