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Rome, Day 2

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August 3rd 2014
After a wonderful breakfast, Nalynn & I decided to go take a walk. It was a little rainy today, but not too bad, we used the umbrella off and on. We decided to lose the map and just walk on her own. Because we knew the general vicinity, we were able to get down to Circus Maximus and a lot of the other ruins. we stopped often for refreshments and gelato. We are going out tonight to try to find some ... 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