Gelato 1

Venice

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September 3rd 2007
Once off the train in Venice, I was so glad to have everything in backpacks. We were able to walk to our bed and breakfast...only got lost once, so what should have taken 15 minutes was more like a 30 minute walk. Thank heavens we stopped for Gelato #1 right off the train, which gave us each a little boost. Getting lost in Venice is the status quo - thank heavens I had a map to figure out where ... 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