Venice

Italy

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June 16th 2008
2nd June. We left our Hotel for the station, and were able to collect Rob’s lost mobile phone at 8:30 am. Wonderful news!! We have been very lucky indeed. Wendy is now in charge of small items, just in case the phone falls out of the pocket again. Our trip to Genoa was ok, and we arrived later that afternoon. We took a stroll that evening, and at once felt very unsafe with narrow streets and wh ... 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