View from our balcony

Final Notes

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October 4th 2009
Geo: 41.8955, 12.4823October 4, 2009Today was check-out day on the ship. The ship arrived in Citavecchia (the port, approximately 45 minutes from Rome) at 3am and people began leaving around 5:30am. We were off the ship at 08:30am. We took a Royal Caribbean shuttle bus out of the port, walked to the train station, and took the train into Rome. We did well today ~ we were at our h ... 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