Dad on Deck

Day Fourteen - Venice

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June 9th 2007
Yesterday we all gathered on Mom and Dad's balcony to watch the cruise into Venice. It was beautiful! We docked around 12:30 pm and took the water taxi to St. Mark's Square. Then we all split up and wandered the city. Matt and I went into St. Mark's and it was lovely. The whole ceiling is covered in mosaics. It might be one of my favorite churches that we visited. We walked down to where some bea ... 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