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Venice

Venice

August 8th 2008
The train ride to Venice seemed to take forever. First we had to catch a train to the Italian border and then one to Milan and from there to Venice. Knowing this train might be crowded we reserved seats. The seats were in groups of four, and everyone around us always had a neighbor after the first few stops on the trip. We however, managed to magically be seated in the only seats where no one was ... 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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