Enjoying a quiet street in Venice

Italy - Our First Trip to the Mainland

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October 21st 2007
Italy, a beautiful country filled with beautiful people! There’s something to be said about vacationing in a country filled with olive-skinned woman donning knee-high black leather boots, tight jeans and stylish tops. It provides an opportunity to not only enjoy the beauty of its buildings, but also its people. Now before you start thinking me to be a chauvinistic pig, allow me to point out that ... 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