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Holy cow batman..

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October 3rd 2011
Today was our scheduled booking for The Vatican. We woke up for about 10:30 after a bad night sleep because of lots of beer, wine, carbs and expensive grappa.. Our appointment was for 12:30 so we figured leaving at 11:30 and taking the metro(subway) it would take no time at all. After the 2 km hike to the Metro station we were surprised to find all of the gates closed and locked due to a roamin ... 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