Colosseum inside

Rome

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July 25th 2011
So we arrived in Rome at the Termini Central Station safe and sound without any explosions! The Army and Polizia presence was quite strong which was a good thing. We walked to our hostel according to Google Maps which seems to always take us the long way. Along our walk to our accommodation the inevitable happened. Sarah's suitcase broke. Well not entirely but the wheel is now missing its rubb ... 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