Murano Island

SURVIVOR - Venice Tornado of 6/15/07

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June 17th 2007
We began our day with meeting our 3rd Amerigo friend at the bus/train station on the island of Venice and then taking the water shuttle to the island of Murano, famous for making glass specifically for the Mom member of The Son & Mom Bonding Excursion Team. Murano is much like Venice but on a less grand scale and definitely much quieter. We arrived on the island at the common Italian “sies ... 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