Inside our very Venetian hotel room.

Arrived in Rome

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October 8th 2012
Since the last update from Ulm in Germany we have caught another 2 trains to get to Venice and a high speed train from Venice to Rome, which we arrived at today. Had a very poor internet connection in Venice hence no update to the blog, tonight in Rome we have a good internet connection but there are issues with the travel blog site, so have spent more time than I hoped updating the previous bl ... 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