quiet canals...

Surprisingly small and easy to walk around!

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October 10th 2007
yesterday spent the whole day travelling to Verona. Checked into a female hostel. Was expecting sth warmer, then a cool bucket of water pour over my head. The lady at the reception was...COLD.. I mean...she did all the reception stuff, but the place seems like a place for people to stay long....so there are signs saying "Tourist not allowed to use Kitchen" and It was freeezing at night and they do ... 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