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Good Tips When Visiting Rome

By: Gaizka Pujana

Hence, gaining proper orientation to the hustles and bustles of the city can dampen the anxieties and worries that a traveler like you traveler must be experiencing. Arm yourself with the right information to survive your much-awaited Rome holiday.
To pack the right clothes, you need to check the weather in Rome. Rome is usually filled with sunny days the entire year. The best time to travel to Rome is during the months of April and May when the sky is clear and blue. The height of summer runs from the month of July to August, which is usually uncomfortably hot for most European and American tourists.

In the past, the anatomy of the great city of Rome is not without telephones. However, as the locals grew independent of local phones, public phone booths nearly became extinct. It would be wise to carry your cellular phone. Otherwise, you need to buy prepaid phone cards to the nearby tobacco (tabacchi) store. Also, you need to remember that phone cards won’t work if you are meaning to call a friend that is located outside Italy. You need to buy another kind of phone card, the one intended for international calls.
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The Folklore Behind the Legendary City of Oaxaca

By: Edgar Leon

Due to the impressive colonial architecture and nearby pre-Hispanic ruins, in 1987, the UNESCO foundation declared the city of Oaxaca a World Heritage Site. However, to understand what made the United Nations set their eye on this city and give it such a prestigious title among so many cities in the world, you must understand a little bit of its history, so bear with us. (more…)