Jim and Friend

Arriverdici Italy

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April 5th 2008
Okay, so we are not in Venice, but did just leave Venice. Finally able to send a few pics from Italy. Please note is was difficult to pick from our 600+ pics. Hard to pick favorite things, but here are some of my favorites. Loved hiking in Cinque Terre and in the Dolomites. Very different and very beautiful. And all the trails had a lot of "up" and I still loved it. Granted, I complained a bit jus ... 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