Italians are not tea drinkers; they are coffee and wine people. When we wanted tea we were invariably better served by going back to the hotel. There were also free homemade cookies. L and I were almost driven mad by the fact that out hotel always smell

ed like a bakery. It was intoxicating Italians are not tea drinkers; they are coffee and wine people. When we wanted tea we were invariably better served by going back to the hotel. There were also free homemade cookies. L and I were almost driven mad by the fact that out hotel always smelled like a bakery. It was intoxicating

Bonus day

September 26th 2014
Geo: 41.8955, 12.4823Thanks to a meeting cancellation, L and I got one more day in Rome. We decided to start with a Rick Steve walking tour of Travestere that I downloaded from iTunes. I wish I had thought to look through those earlier because this one was great-- I'm sure his tour is better than the 5 E audio guide at the Colosseum.Before we really got started, I darted into the Keats S ... 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

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