Venice

Venice

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May 23rd 2011
After leaving the Florence hostel (without paying), we make our way to Venice. Again the train we needed to get on was completely booked so we chilled at the McDonalds for a couple hours. This posed a problem because we had an appointment with Mauro Vianello, a Murano (wiki Murano) glass blower. People from all over the world request him to form different glass sculptures. We didn’t have access ... read more

Europe » Italy » Sicily

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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