Breakfast at the Kette

Day 2 in Venice/Murano

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June 2nd 2005
We started out the day with the classic European breakfast in our hotel - prociutto, cheeses, cappuccino, croissants and nutella, in honor of Chad who loves his nutella and croissants. From there, we hopped in a water taxi ala James Bond - right out a secret door in our hotel. Once again following Suzy Gershman’s advice, we were off to a Murano glass factory tour arranged by our hotel concierg ... 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