Rome on Fire!

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August 3rd 2014
We woke this mornig in a bit of a rush to get showered, down to breakfast and to the Vatican by noon. Break was something to be desired from dried up sausage to stale breads. Not exactly what we were hoping for but what the heck, we were in Roma! We ate a little (I had oatmeal and yogurt mixed, pretty safe) then packed up to change rooms. We headed out a purchased tickets for the hop on hop ... 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