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Venice

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June 18th 2008
We landed in Venice Treviso at 9.35 Local time, in the drizzling rain and headed through customs having experienced Europeans that do not understand queuing, did a bag reshuffle and headed out to the buses. Not realising we had to buy a ticket before hand we put our bags into the luggage compartment and attempted to board. The conducter gave us a funny look abnd then proceeded to say somethi ... 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