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Northern Italy - Venice, Florence and Pisa

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January 21st 2009
After hogging an entire first class compartment and sleeping most of the trip from Innsbruck we arrived in Venice on a cool Italian night which was actually warmer than most of the maximum day temperatures we'd experienced in Western Europe. We'd been looking forward to hitting Italy, not only for the food, culture and art, but also to escape the sub-zero weather we'd had to date. The forecast tem ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence

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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