The journey Begin's

Our weekend in Venice!

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August 10th 2007
Hello all!! So we have just got back from an eventful trip to Venice!! Our journey began last Thursday the 2nd August. The airport is far away so we had a three hour coach trip first!! Then we finally arrived at the airport at 1am, and our plane was not until 6.30am so it was a long wait sleeping on the airport floor!! It must be a similar story for everyone because the airport was crammed f ... 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