The rental

St. Johann to Venice

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October 3rd 2007
Well, I'm in Venice... I still find it surreal, and rather hard to believe, but before I get into that I'll fill you in on what I've been up to. A short bus ride from Munich took me right into the heart of the Austrian Alps to a region called Tirol. The sleepy mountain village I stayed in was called St. Johann (pronounced saint yo-haan). It was a flat town, but it was almost completely surrounded ... 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