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A day without gelato is like a day without air

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October 1st 2006
Geo: 41.8955, 12.4823I slept in today - I haven't been doing enough of that this trip. Had a rare treat - an F1 race! I was lucky, as it was the Chinese Grand Prix and so was on early in the morning - otherwise, I would have missed it. I am in no rush today - not much is open on Sundays. I managed to exchange a book for a Lonely Planet Europe guide - score!!! Then I noticed that some ... 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