Hotel Riva

Venice then to Rome

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August 3rd 2008
(If you are ever in Venice and have the option, canal view or air conditioning, AC is the answer.) Saturday morning we awoke excited for our free breakfast. (Sometimes, at real hotels, breakfast is included.) Considering the amount of peanut butter sandwiches we have been eating, free breakfast sounded great. (We bought a small jar of peanut butter in Salzburg. We have ate it daily since. ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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