missing the train

Pisa & Cinque Terre

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May 12th 2009
Yesterday morning we missed our 8 am water bus to the train station. We paid way to much for a water taxi and missed our train anyway. We were upset because it was a long trip to Pisa but we were relieved when we didnt have to pay anything extra for the next train. We left two hours later than planned and had to hang out at the boring Venice station. We made our way to Pisa for a 45 minute s ... 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