Trevi Fountain

When In Rome... Roam

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June 25th 2012
Well this is my final trip outside of Strasbourg that I'll be writing about so here I go. Rome was absolutely amazing! However, I just want to talk a little about our overnight train ride there... Imagine being stuffed inside a sauna barely as big as your average bathroom with 5 other people for 8 hours and trying to sleep and what you have is probably paradise compared to what this train r ... 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