Paolo

This is Paolo, who was our gondolier. He was a hard bargainer on price, but he turned out to be a really nice guy. We asked him what his favorite restaurant was in Venice, and he sent us to a little place called Trattoria della Madonna. It was a nice little place that tourists probably seldom go to, but it was really good and authentic. I had gnocci, and Gretchen had lasagna or something.

La Dolce Vita

October 21st 2006
Buon giorno! Gretchen and I have just left Venezia (Venice) and are currently on a train going to Firenze (Florence), home of the Italian Renaissance . We had a wonderful time in Venice. We got there Sunday night after a three hour train ride from Milano. Because it was late, we caught a taxi from the train station in Venice to our hotel, which was close to Venice’s Marco Polo Airport. Once ... 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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