Gondola ride

Rainy Venice

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May 24th 2006
Rain rain and more rain! It poured most the day at Venice! From the time we boarded the bus to catch the water taxi it rained. It did stop for a bit for a brief city tour and gondola ride but pretty much most of the day it rained! Venice even in the rain is an amazing place. From the gondolas, to the bridges, to the thousands of tourists to the guys selling fake Louis Vuitton, Gucci , and Fendi ... 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