View from the boat in Venice

Venezia

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October 8th 2005
WEll..... after 5 train trips I'm finally in Venice! Hows this for an itinarary? From Cinque Terra I take the train to La Spezia at 2:00 pm on Oct 6 From La Spezia to Pisa at 4:00 pm From Pisa to Florence at 5:30 pm Florence to Rome (meant to go to Venice but took the wrong train!) at 9:30 pm Rome to Bologna at 1 am Bologna to Venice at 6:00 Arrived in Venice at 8:30 am and had coffee in ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice

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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