the boats in venice are out numbered only by the pigeons

Good Times in the Floating City

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November 13th 2005
so, i spent most of friday and half of saturday in venice, and i enjoyed myself quite thoroughly. this trip was optional, meaning the school was associated with it, and dr. quinn and emilio went (emilio gave the tour, though), but keri laura and i decided to pass on the whole walking around looking at churches and madonnas with child thing, b/c we've seen a lot of that already. and emilio is alw ... 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