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Venturing into Venice

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May 19th 2015
Finding the Avis office in the daylight was easy and after a short walk we were at the train station. It is ½ hour from Padua to Venice that is just enough time for a cappuccino and croissant. The croissants on the train are better than what you get at Starbucks for 3 times as much money. When I went to buy vaporetto tickets asking which line we should take for the Jewish Ghetto, the ticket selle ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice

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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