One of my only good shots in Venice

Family Matters...

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September 28th 2006
Hello all! Well, after a very very late train from Italy last night, I am home after a beautiful little 3 day rest at my Aunt Marlene and Uncle Luigi's house in a little town called Rosa in Italy. Rosa is a little town (VERY little) that sits about an hour inland by train from Venice, and just 5 minutes from the beautiful town of Bassano del Grappa. I stayed in my Uncles charming house which si ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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