The Plague

There were lots of shops that sold these beautiful masks...I heard doctors use to wear the ones with the long beaks during the Plague and would fill them herbs in hopes of protecting themselves from the Plague which killed 1/3 of Europe and recurred in Italy every July for the next 2 centuries!

Venezia! aka Venice

June 23rd 2008
Well I finally ventured outside the walls of Vicenza and took my first trip to Venezia (Venice). Awesome! I woke up at 7:30 to catch the 8:30 train. The station is a bout a 10min walk. I got my ticket but for some reason the ticket guy gave me a ticket for the 9:00 train that had a connection in Padova...so I called Cristina concerned and she just told me to get on the 8:30 and if they said anyth ... 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

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