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Madi, Liliana and Chonsa at the Piazza Navona  
   

Madi, Liliana and Chonsa at the Piazza Navona

Our first day in Rome

July 10th 2011
We arrived in Rome after a relatively short flight, but it was still a long night! None of us slept more than two hours, and when we got to Rome we waited for our bags for over an hour. When we finally exited customs (after an extremely cursory glance at our passports), we found ourselves in a very dirty, muggy, and noisy airport. I think the sensations of heat and noise hit us harder because we ... read more
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Italian Flag 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
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