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Exiting the Vatican Museum  
   

Exiting the Vatican Museum

The spiral ramp just before the exit.
Beautiful, but annoying

December 18th 2006
I caught the 10:30 train to Rome, which put me in around 3 pm. Based on what I had read, I was expecting to step out of the train and be surrounded by people trying to rob me. Of course that didn't happen, and Termini was no different from any other busy station I've been to. As we'll see later, though, I had good reason to be vigilant. I quickly tracked down a hostel near the train station and du ... read more
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Italian Flag 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
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