grease in the kitchen

Grime and Gelati!

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August 4th 2013
So Mum and Dad came out the very next day to join me in a rented apartment down the road from what was to be my new place. Eager to see the sights of Rome, we explored the city in the boiling heat; taking in the wonders of the Pantheon and Piazza Novana, the Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps, St Peter's and the museums of the Vatican, the ruins at Terme di Caracalla and the nightlife of Tra ... 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