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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 Mexico RVC
October 5th 2008

Day 6 - Cruise - Ajjacio Corsica

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This walking tour introduces us to Ajaccio's Old Town landmarks including Foch Square, the Cathedral and Maison Bonaparte where Napoleon lived until he was nine years old. After the tour we can travel back to the ship or meander around the town. [View Full Entry]

By Misanga
October 4th 2008

More updates to come

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice

Just a short note to apologise for the time lag in getting this latest round of updates to you all. The last couple of weeks of our trip has been absolutely full on and we have had a bit of trouble finding both the time and the Internet access to do our updates. Now that we are settled here in Venice for the next few days and our schedule as slowed down to only about 5-6 hours of walking a day <sigh> we hope to get some catching up done. Hope you are all well back home - wherever that may [View Full Entry]

By cschaer
October 3rd 2008

Finally in Italy

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice

Beautiful Venice

On our train ride to Venice, we made a couple from Star, Mississippi who run a little travel business. They we doing research and were going enjoy a cruise around Italy after spending a few days in Venice. They were amazing, and gave me great tips of places to see throughout Rome, complete with great little maps. It really is amazing that you can meet people like them on a train ride from Munich to Rome, I mean what are the chances that out of a six compartment coach 4 of the passengers are from America. I also forgot to say [View Full Entry]

By Xavier H
September 30th 2008

Wwoofing in Veneto: My life as an Italian serf

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Venice

Back in Italy again: golden light, perfect coffee, gelati, tumble-down charm. My first day there - in Romeo and Juliet's hometown Verona - turned out to be the last proper day of summer - a humid, sultry and sunny 31 degrees until a massive storm hit Verona in the early afternoon. At the time I just happened to be standing alone in the highest bell tower in the town - clinging to the wall in an alcove as a gale and the horizontal rain did their best to yank me into oblivion. Wwoofing in Veneto (Willing Workers on Organic Farms, for [View Full Entry]

By Sallad Refinnej
September 29th 2008

Venezia

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice

Finally got to wander Venice today. I walked all along the amazing streets (yes they do have streets you can walk on and bridges you can cross, it's not all gondolas). It really is a beautiful city. Pictures are still to come because I need to find an internet connection for my laptop that's fast enough to let me upload pics. I also managed to get lost, a lot. Every street looks alike here and around every corner is a bridge to cross and another alley way to walk through. I ended up all the way on the other side of [View Full Entry]

By Ben and Eleanor
September 28th 2008

Lago di Garda

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Lake Garda

Sunset at Torre del Benaco

Lake Garda is a beautiful clear lake, we had great weather for swimming. From our campsite here we could visit Verona and Venice. So we did. [View Full Entry]

By Ben and Eleanor
September 28th 2008

Verona

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Street Performer

We had a nice day out in Verona, but starting to feel a bit jaded about city visits at this stage! I'll add some text soon! [View Full Entry]

By Ben and Eleanor
September 28th 2008

Venice

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice

A grand building...
...on the grand canal

Even more jaded in Venice...tourists everywhere, damn them! It was hot and crowded, after making our way to Piazza San Marco we wandered back through the San Croce neighbourhood. We were rewarded, it seemed much more like the "real" Venice - friendly bakery (delicious lunch and espresso!!) no one understood English and the buildings were "delightfully shabby", just as our guidebook promised. It was good to finish the day on a high note. [View Full Entry]

By catarinamaria
September 28th 2008

Pictures of our day trip to Venice

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The laguna

Some pictures of our day trip to Venice. We stayed one week in Istria, northern Croatia, and took advantage of the proximity to Venice to jump onto a ferry and visit this mythical town.. [View Full Entry]

By ang on tour
September 27th 2008

Where did Summer go?

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Team Marina 2008

Ciao! I’m sorry to say I’ve been a bit blogging useless this season keeping my friends and family up to date with the comings and goings in Italia. It has been a season of ups and downs from beginning to end… No sooner had we got the opening weekend out of the way, the kidz club reps arrived and started fighting. 10 days, lots of tears and shouting later one went home. Just after that drama subsided, I had to fly home unexpectedly. After only 4 days at home in April, it was with mixed emotions that I got to go [View Full Entry]

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