Near San Barnaba

Getting a venetian tan on my feet

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July 5th 2007
The last time i'd seen Venice was in the european autumn of 1991. San Marco square was covered in water, and it was bleak. This year my friend and i arrived to a warm summer's day. The train was late leaving Milan; my italian was rusty, and after 20 odd hours in a plane, i was slightly jet lagged. So being late didn't really matter because it would still be light when we met up with our B&B co ... 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