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Rome, then home

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October 22nd 2014
Stayed up much later than planned on my first night in Rome, on my own. Although (to be fair to me), it was already after 7pm by the time I got from the airport to my hotel and almost 9 by the time I had dinner. So, of course, I slept in Tuesday morning - easy to do in my very comfy bed!! Had to rush downstairs so I wouldn't miss breakfast. And glad I made it there because...wow!! It was by far th ... 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