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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]
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] Blog: Winter in Venezia
Date: January 5th 2008
On 2nd January 2008 Eric & I took the Eurostar train (2 & 1/2 hrs) to Venezia (Venice) for 2 nights. It was a beautiful, clear winter day when we arrived at midday so after checking in to the basic but clean 2 star Hotel Atlantide near the train station we took a traghetto (ferry) Euro 6 each from the Stazione di Santa Lucia train station & the ferry zig zagged it's way along the Grand Canal do ... read more
Date: January 5th 2008
On 2nd January 2008 Eric & I took the Eurostar train (2 & 1/2 hrs) to Venezia (Venice) for 2 nights. It was a beautiful, clear winter day when we arrived at midday so after checking in to the basic but clean 2 star Hotel Atlantide near the train station we took a traghetto (ferry) Euro 6 each from the Stazione di Santa Lucia train station & the ferry zig zagged it's way along the Grand Canal do ... read more
