A view of the Dome at St. Peters

The Great 40th Birthday Celebration of Maria!!!

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September 13th 2012
The reason we took this short trip to Italy was to celebrate Maria’s 40thbirthday. We wanted to do something unforgettable. Well, today was the big day. She’s now in her 40s! It is starting to show, as she seems to be napping a lot. We had an early start today. We were up at 6:15 am to get ready. We hopped in a cab and headed over to the Vatican. Literally a couple of hours before fl ... 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