Venice

Venice

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May 24th 2007
Day 8: Geez the men in Italy are pervy even at 8am in the morning! Morning glory perhaps? Anyways, I sat at a cafe and ordered my usual croissant and cappuccino. The croissant had a sweeter taste than usual...ah, it's filled with some kind of jam. I prefer the croissants in Paris...flakier and buttery. I visited the Basilica Di San Marco. Beautiful. And the tourists love the pigeons here ... read more

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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