Venice

Venice

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May 23rd 2007
Day 7: My train to Venice was a looooong one! It took 10+ hours to get to Milano Centrale. Then the train to Santa Lucia was delayed 1hr 40min. I just people watched. Trying to figure out who was European and who was American. Then I was trying to figure out who was Italian out of the bunch. I figured, all the tan woman wearing heels were Italian. Even the older ladies wore heels. What a trip! ... 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