Ceasar's grave

Day Two in Rome

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December 17th 2006
Sunday morning and it was wet. Our umbrellas were in one of our suitcases, but it wasn’t actually raining. We had breakfast at the hotel and it was ok, but nothing special. We then proceeded to walk to the Colosseum from near Villa Borghese, where we are staying, and it took us about 45 minutes to get there. I had washed my pants and underwear and socks the night before, and thought they wou ... 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