NOT SURE WHY THE GIRLS TOOK THIS PHOTO

EASTER

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May 1st 2011
EASTER IN ROME We had a lovely Easter we took Brigid back to the airport, so we went a couple of day's earlier to see the sights of Rome (our last visit at xmas we were to stressed to see anything). We got to see the Trevi Fountain, Spanish steps, Patheon and the Colosseum. We saw the outside of the Vatican but it was so busy been Easter Saturday and it closed at 1pm to get read ... 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