The Vatican

A Weekend In Roma

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January 23rd 2012
Hello all, I'm back from my weekend in Rome and I managed to conquer my fear of flying (only the second time in my life that I have flown on my own!). Had a nice time we went ice skating and I saw a massive park, the Vatican and the Collosium and had a really nice lunch out, plus it's so much warmer there then it is here. Spent some time with the little girl I would be working with draw ... 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