Wax museum sculpture of Leonardo painting Mona Lisa

Arriving Roma

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October 6th 2011
Today was a day of travel, and missed connections by two minutes! We had to catch a taxi on Capri to the Ferry port, missing the ferry by about 2 mins, we were actually sure it was still there, but the ticket office is a mile away and we didn't know which number/boat to run to, so had an hour to pass then at the port. From Sorrento we then had to catch a bus to the train station. John e ... 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