Gondola Ride

The 3 Amerigos

---

June 15th 2007
Off to Vencie Wednesday morning and we were off to Venice! Because we had heard checking in at the Bucharest airport could take as long as 2 hours, we arrived in plenty of time only to find there were some “clitches” in the tickets we had purchased 9 months ago. After much prayer and patience (and 2 additional ticket purchases!), we were off to Italy. Because we were routed through Rome, our a ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice

---

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