Gelato

Long day!

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September 15th 2006
Wooo! Today we had to wake up so early to get to the police station to obtain our permit of stay. We were told there were ques, so we got there at 7:30--it opens at 9. It was somewhat like waking up to get tickets to an N*Sync concert, except less exciting. We actually didn't get called in until 10:30, but we got our permit of stay! They took our fingerprints, whcih was a little tickly, but fun ... 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