Outside cabin on Eurodam

Rome to Civitavecchia

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May 10th 2013
I woke early as one does flying west to east. I set out on foot before shops were opened. I stopped for coffee and a pastry, mmm, Italians can do breakfast pastries well, not quite up to French standards, but a nice second place. They have lattes far and a way ahead of the rest of the world however. As I sat and people watched on the other side of the Tiber, I heard racing cars come zooming back. ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Civitavecchia

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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