Wednesday 91-17-14 -Arrival in Rome and an afternoon of walking 021

Wednesday 91-17-14 -Arrival in Rome and an afternoon of walking

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September 17th 2014
Our flight out of Detroit did not leave until 8:00 pm last night. We arrived in Rome around 10:00 am this morning. Driver met us and we checked int Capo Africa around noon. We wasted little time and headed out from our hotel to visit the city. The historic Collisusum and ancient Rome is only four blocks from our hotel. Very narrow streets and lots of traffic. About every other block there was a st ... 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