Darren at Colosseum

A Rainy Day In Rome.

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September 14th 2012
I realized this morning that I didn’t “publish” the last blog entry. It was ready to be posted last night, but didn’t get published until this morning (which was Thursday night back home). Today was a full day….a lot of it in the rain! We woke up to pouring rain. We went over to grab breakfast at the restaurant across the street before heading out to see some sights. With the weath ... 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