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Saturday the Fourth

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April 4th 2015
We are beginning to fit in: up until after 11:00 last night and up early today. The last two days have been clear skies and warm weather but today it is overcast and tomorrow, Easter, bodes well for rain. Breakfast on the roof was fabulous as usual, with eggs, sausage, bacon, five fresh juices, many different fruits, and every conceivable pastry you can imagine. We have been good, but not too much ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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