Fatty Statue

Venezia! aka Venice

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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

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Vicenza

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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