View from the Spanish Steps

Day 2 in Rome

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September 12th 2012
Our first full day in Rome has come to an end. We kept the day “light”, to allow time to adjust to the time change, and catch up on sleep we missed during our travels. There is an 8-hour time difference to back home. So when it is noon in Rome, it’s 4 am back home. When the kids are finishing school, it is 11:30 pm here. With our hotel right in front of the Pantheon, we are very close ... 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