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Background: 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 established a Fascist dictatorship. His disastrous alliance with Nazi Germany led to Italy's defeat in World War II. A democratic republic replaced the monarchy in 1946 and economic revival followed. Italy was a charter member of NATO and the European Economic Community (EEC). It has been at the forefront of European economic and political unification, joining the Economic and Monetary Union in 1999. Persistent problems include illegal immigration, organized crime, corruption, high unemployment, sluggish economic growth, and the low incomes and technical standards of southern Italy compared with the prosperous north.

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By Beebe
October 26th 2009

Water World Europe » Italy » Veneto » Padua

Roman Arena Verona
All the marble facing fell off centuries ago in an earthquake

Days Five and Six Padova and Venice We had an uneventful trip to Padova by train, except for having to ride the Eurostar (which costs more than twice the price of regular trains). When we in, we checked at the tourist information in the station, since we had read that they could book rooms for you. this was a lucky move: the woman at the desk told us all the rooms in town were booked due to a big auto show (an the Venice marathon we found out later). When we said we were hoping to find a place near the [View Full Entry]

By Beebe
October 24th 2009

What a beautiful county....! Europe » Italy » Veneto » Verona

On the roof
Duomo in Milan

Day Two Milano to Bergamo (Forgot to say in last blog that we saw much marble being cut in the mountains coming in from Switzerland.) This morning, we walked in the light rain to the Duomo. On the way we stopped coffee and a chocolate brioche in very modern café where I got locked in the bathroom! We arrived at the Duomo, where we paid to climb the 250 steps to the wet marble roof, where one can walk around and view the stonework up close and look over the city of Milan. We took a quick look inside the cathedral [View Full Entry]

By Beebe
October 24th 2009

The Sun is Out...and I Love Italy! Europe » Italy » Veneto » Verona

Verona: River bank

Day 4, Saturday Verona to Padova We had a great night's sleep...it rained all night, but now the sun is out and we have had a great walk around Verona...had coffee and brioche at an outdoor cafe (three tables on a narrow street) next to the Dior shop.....bought cheese, roasted chestnuts, and a bottle of wine at the open air market....We are at the only internet cafe in town...no wifi here... The town was quiet when we headed out this morning around 9:30, but is jammed full of tourists now at mid day. We have seen very elegant locals...one woman in [View Full Entry]

By cool breeze
October 23rd 2009

Venice Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice

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Travel date: May 2008 The land indescribable in words and photographs - literally. You can get a feel of Venice only once you’re IN Venice !!! we got off the lazy airport waited for the bus which was an astonishing 15 mins late (the only time something was ever late in Europe). Dumped bags & headed off to the streets of Venice…. grabbed the 1st pizza we could lay our hands on (YUMM- who says authentic italian pizzas are bland???!!!) Most lanes leading to st mark’s square had lovely small souvenir shops selling magnets & masks. We hogged on ice creams, [View Full Entry]

By blackandgold
October 22nd 2009

In fair Verona, where we lay our scene. Europe » Italy » Veneto » Verona

On Juliet's balcony!

Verona, our first weekend trip of the semester, was incredible! We caught a 10:00 am train out of Venice and arrived in Verona a little after noon. It was our first train ride over here in Europe, and it actually went surprisingly well! Once in Verona, we grabbed some pizza (sadly, we were kind of craving true Italian food since mediocre cafeteria food is pretty much all we get) and set out to explore the city. The city is so beautiful and completely different than Venice. For one, it’s a more metropolitan city with a gorgeous, pedestrian only, historical center. It [View Full Entry]

Lizzie and I impersonating the humpback statue

By Andy n Jen
October 21st 2009

beautiful venice Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice

dusky

Ahhh beautiful venice....The city of romance, rivulets, cananls and gondalas. When we arrived it was drizzling but the sky was clear and as expected the place was beautiful...We caught the boat from the bus station on the grand canal to the foot of our hotal.....The Hotel Rialto.... Yes folks thats right we lashed out for this once as we found out our termination payments had come through (thanks to a phone call from mama at 330am!) ....whoo hooo. Our Hotel was literally at the base of the rialto bridge. We quickly took the chance to get rid of our gear and [View Full Entry]

our cheesy coloured room in hotel rialto hehe!!

By blackandgold
October 16th 2009

Doing Venice Vaporetti Style Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice

Living the Venice life!

Defintion of Vaporetti Style: Where you get liters of wine for 2 euros and drink them while you are waiting for the sllllooowww water bus to arrive, and because you can just do that kind of stuff in Italy :) Brrr Im freezing! It has been so cold here the last few days. The beginning of my trip was glorious- 75 and sunny everyday. Then all of the sudden it got down to like 45-50 and windy! We definately did not pack the right clothes, anticipating that it would only be like this near our end of our trip (thats what [View Full Entry]

E in the middle of Venice partly barefoot with dog poop on her shoe...classic.

By diegocastro
October 12th 2009

La Dolce Vita Europe » Italy » Veneto » Verona

Verona

Dias 56 a 59 - Antes de chegar à Europa, a Itália não era um dos destinos que eu mais aguardava. Talvez por não ser um país exatamente “europeu”, e sim mediterrâneo, o que a confere características mais similares às nossas, não me parecia algo muito interessante. Ao longo da viagem, no entanto, fui conhecendo cada vez mais pessoas que idolatravam “Il Bel Paese” como se lá fosse o paraíso na Terra. A comida, o povo, o sol, a arquitetura, tudo na Itália era considerado melhor, ou, dependendo de quão patriota era a pessoa com quem eu falasse, ao menos igual [View Full Entry]

By blackandgold
October 10th 2009

Gondolas, wine and the beach. Welcome to Venice! Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice

Elyse and I at the beach at Lido!

The first week in Venice has been such a whirlwind!! Even though I’m in one of the most beautiful cities in the world on what would seem to be a 3 month long vacation, I’ve felt like I haven’t had a spare minute this entire week! With classes, readings and class tours of the city, I haven’t had much time to explore the city for myself. However, this weekend Elyse and I have been taking it easy, catching up on homework (this is definitely not a slack off study abroad program!) and “attempting” (this being the key word) to explore the [View Full Entry]

By Zezz
October 8th 2009

GETTING LOST IN VENICE ? NEVER ! Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice

Santa Maria Gloriosa Dei Frari

Back from our holiday in Europe in September, our 3 day stay in Venice was most memorable. We arrived by train from Rome and lugged our suitcases across the first bridge and walked about 15 minutes to our Hotel Al Sole. Unfortunately , there was an electrical fault in several rooms , so for the first night we were bumped to a room down the road in Casanova. This room was great. Though up 2 flights ( with 2 large suitcases this is a slight problem with no lift ) the room was fresh and new and clean with a new [View Full Entry]

Looking out of the Bridge of Sighs across to San Giorgio

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