Venice

pizza!

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June 5th 2006
Hello to one and all, We are officially in Italy! Actually we got into the country on the 1st, first we were in the Cinque Terre national park. Beautiful. It is comprised of 5 little towns connected by a hiking trail, it is absolutely amazing. Picture little towns of multicoloured houses all attached with dark green shutters slapped onto a cliffside with beautiful dark blue ocean... mmmm... and bl ... 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