St Loyola basilica

Rome New Year Part 1

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January 1st 2016
Happy new year! We are in Rome still looking forward to a northern hemisphere New Year's Eve celebration. We're currently en route to the Trevi Fountain. Well we will be if the bus ever moves! Bloody cold in an open top business winter in Rome. Not cold enough for snow though None of that romantic scooter travel for us! After pedestrians they are the biggest targets especially as the drivers ... 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