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Italy - Day 2 - Rome: Colosseum, Trevi Fountain

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September 15th 2012
Disclaimer: SERIOUSLY travelblog - this is getting ridiculous! I spent so much time writing a great post and have to do it ALL OVER AGAIN! Rant done. Saturday morning, we (well, actually ME) got up fairly early to catch our 10 am Colosseum tour, which is fortunately right near our hotel. We got a free breakfast with our stay which was not too bad. Ham croissant with orange juice. Toda ... 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