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Day 11 - Rome/Vatican City

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May 6th 2016
This morning we had a bit of a sleep in, we had breakfast we bought from the supermarket in our apartment and then went for a short walk around Rome. We then had a coffee at our favourite place and scored some free biscuits! After our coffee we started our first tour where we went to Vatican City. So technically we went to a different country today! We met our tour guide Flavia Pompeii (very Itali ... 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