View from our room at the Waldorf Astoria in Rome

Summer Dream in Italy

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July 12th 2011
It is summer vacation time. It is the highly coveted leisure time of a teacher, and often the main highlight of living abroad. Daily life in a foreign country can wear on you, although exotic, it can be draining. I am fortunate enough to be able to meet my parents half way in Rome, Italy for what will be a vacation of a lifetime. As the plane leaps off the ground into a sky portal the sound ... 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