View from the Campanile - top of St Marks & beyond

June 11th 2007
Ah Venezia....my favourite place the last time I came to Italy and pretty close the second time also! I don't know what it is about this place, it's certainly not the millions of pigeons in St Marks Square, the American tourists or the exorbinant prices... I think it's that Venezia has real class!! People dress up here and are stylish. It's easy to get around on foot and quieter than other lar ... 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

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Angela Johnston

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I'm off on another big travel adventure! Starting in Mexico on 22nd Sept and ending up in Sydney on 22nd Dec......with 10 countries in between! Stay tuned for tales from: Yucatan pensinsula, the Carribean and and colonial highlands in Mexico Diving on the barrier reef in Belize Ancient Mayan ruins in Guatemala Beaches and volcanoes Nicaragua, Honduras and Costa Rica The Galapagos and Amazon in Ecuador Gorgeous lakes and Patagonian trekking in Chile and Argentina Soaking up the history and mystery of Incan Cusco and Machi Picchu in Peru and enjoying a week long adventure in Bueno... full info

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