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Venice

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May 4th 2011
We flew into Venice from Toulouse and as you start the landing you can see roads in the sea that the boats travel on between the different islands. You can also see how the city seems to be partially under water. It was amazing to see Venice from the air. We arrived and had to take a very long bus ride to our campsite. We were staying on a different island than the main one that Venice is on. ... 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