John inside St. Peters' Basillica

Venice, Murano and finally a SALAD!

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July 23rd 2012
Today I am tired we stayed up WAY too late last night drinking wine and enjoying Venice at night. What a great city. John is still upstairs in bed but here I am in the dining room having coffee and trying to wake up. God knows why? Yesterday was fantastic we just wandered and then around 11 we decided to buy this 36 hour pass for the water busses. So, we went out to Lido, all along the Grand Canal ... read more

Europe » Italy » Friuli-Venezia Giulia

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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