Colosseum

Touring the ancient wonders...

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October 19th 2015
Geo: 41.8955, 12.4823We decided to sleep in this morning and help Karen get over jet lag and I was just tired! I got up about 9 ish, had breakfast, showered, added photos to Thursday's blog, etc... We then got out of the apt around 12 ish... bought our Roma Passes on the way to the Colosseum, walked past A LOT of people standing in the line to buy a ticket, probably would have just given up ... 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