Inside the Colesseum

The long overnight flight to Rome - arrive on 6th

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April 5th 2008
Geo: 41.8955, 12.4823We arrive in Rome exhausted after an overnight flight that left Nairobiat Midnight and arrived at 7 am. Brent and his friend Luca inviteus for lunch on the only day that we could connect - today. Itwas a wonderful home cooked Italian meal. Good company, good wine- we are spoiled rotten! We struggle to stay awake as we getaccustomed to our new time zone by walking ar ... 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