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Rome..Rome..Wherefore art thou Rome?

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September 18th 2010
This is my recap of my European vacation. I was about to embark on an amazing trip, and I hope the following summary will do the trip justice. My flight to Rome was a very pleasant flight. I met some interesting people on board. The lady who sat beside me (Carmin) was also travelling alone on the flight, and she was meeting a group going to the Alfami Coast. We struck up a conversation, and I told ... 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