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Taking on Rome!

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July 12th 2012
We had quite a relaxed start to the day today cos our train to Rome wasn’t until 12.30pm. So we all met at our hotel and wandered down the road to a place for brunch – as both of our hotels did not have a nice breakie at all! It was delicious! Tarts and croissants and good coffee! We all felt ready to go. We had to stop in at a postcard place for dad who had bought a realy funny postcard for b ... 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