All of us, on the gondola with Andrea!

Venice: A city like no other

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April 9th 2007
I didn't think Italy could get any better... but then I got to Venice. Such a beautiful, unique, romantic city! Monday, April 9 Travel to Venice and get settled at Mary's cousin's apartment. The Florence-Bologna train ride was absolutely awful! Half the tickets were reserved and half not, so we got gradually kicked out of our nice little compartment as people claimed their seats, into the 18-in ... 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