Ponte Vittorio Emanuele

Day 37 - Rome

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September 24th 2018
For breakfast this morning we had cold meat and cheese from the local grocery store. We were going to have cereal but the local doesn't sell it only cold meats, cheeses and every kind of alcohol you can think of. After breakfast we walked across the road to catch a bus to get us somewhere near the Vatican. The Sun was shining directly on to the ticket machine so we gave that up and ended up b ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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