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Mari with Murano glass (cheaper on Burano, although of course it may not be from Murano!)  
   

Mari with Murano glass (cheaper on Burano, although of course it may not be from Murano!)

VA9: Ensuring I see plenty of Venice this summer...

July 26th 2008
Saturday 19th July Hideously early start after only 2 hours sleep... Ruth drops me off at Otford train station and I make my way to Heathrow, where I meet up with Karen (yay!) - last time I saw Karen I was in the Barossa Valley in Australia - now she's back working in London. Tell BMI that I have too much luggage as I have all the tour leader stuff and they let me through anyway. We're sat ... read more
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Italian Flag 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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