From the bell tower

It is easy to love& hate Venice at the same time

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April 13th 2004
Well today we had to be be up early and the bus left at 7:30 sharp. But the plus side of this was we had 12 hours in Venice.  I found my favorite times of Venice was before and after the Day Trippers left.  We were there by 8:30 and did not have to meet back till 10:30. So much time was left to explore.  The pictures are fabulous.  So I will get some up here when I can.  I found two bracelets ... 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