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Day 2 in Rome on the Big Red Bus

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June 4th 2016
What a wonderful day in Rome today clear sky and the sun was out, they say it was 23C but felt like 35C. We did the Vatican today again we took a guided tour of the Vatican Museum – all that art and history in one building (in a way too much to take just walking around in haze). I am glad we took a guided tour otherwise we would have had to queue for hours in the sun. Was wonderful to see the ... 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