Venice - Grand Canal

Venice, Italy

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June 26th 2012
Tuesday 26th June, 2012 The last few days have been a bit of a blur. We spent some wonderful time in Como, before boarding the train yesterday to Milan, then on to Venice. The train for the first leg of our trip to Milan was delayed by 30 minutes, which meant that we missed our pre-booked connection to Venice.<span> However, on arriving in Milan, Gail used he ... 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