Rome

A Day of Mingling With the Tourists

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May 15th 2017
When in Rome be a tourist. But first we have to undertake one very important task. On arrival two days ago we used some valuable New Zealand dollars trying to find our apartment. It was our intention to get an Italian phone or SIM card at the airport but that failed. This morning we found a mobile phone company a short walk from our apartment. Within twenty minutes of walking into the shop we ... 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