Dinner

Roma

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March 21st 2011
It's Meg~After about a 2 1/2 hour train ride from Cortona to Rome, we arrived to our B&B to find a note from Giacomo (our host) to Aaron saying he would be there at 6. We got there at 5:30, so I guess it wasn't going to be too bad of a wait, could have been worse. And I suppose that is what to expect when you aren't staying at hotel, but whatever. We just sat on the step of his building looking ... 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