Brunch time

The Vatican Calls ....Day 3

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August 5th 2014
This morning both Gry and I woke feeling the effects of yet another two bottles of wine only hours before awaking. That didn't stop the two of us though! We were up and off to see the Spanish steps. On our agenda was to find a place for brunch somewhere between the Spanish steps and the Vatican as that was next on our things to do today. We walked to the steps taking in all of Roma. After seein ... 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