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Venice, Italy - Day 2, Ciao Venezia

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September 22nd 2007
Our last day is winding down in beautiful Venice. This evening we have plans to meet up with friends (my boss Joe and his wife Pam) for drinks and dinner. By chance we happened to plan trips to Europe around the same time and this is the only day we were going to be in the same place. We had an hour or so before we were to meet up at Harry's Bar, which is famous for its Bellini's. We took a n ... 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