Toto

My favorite dog in Venice, Toto is a Cirneco dell'Etna, a breed closely related to the Pharaoh hound. He "works" at a glass art gallery down the street from our house.

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The Dogs of Venice

November 12th 2009
Italians love children. This was presented as undisputed fact before we came here, and in general it seems true, particularly where it concerns babies. I present, as example, an experience on the vaporetto (water bus) the other day. Ari and I were sitting behind a thirty-something couple. The woman cradled a baby, completely swaddled in a pink crocheted blanket. They were appro ... 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

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