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Lucky Juliet

Here are Matt and I with Juliet's statue...for luck!
Romeo, oh Romeo!

September 1st 2007
We spent our second day in Venice not actually in Venice...we took a day trip to Verona. I don't know how I managed to do it but I talked Matt into seeing an opera! There's a beautiful Roman amphitheatre there built around 30 AD and is now used for opera performances...the Arena di Verona. It's the third largest amphitheatre in existance. They have an opera festival every summer and Saturday, Sept ... read more
Europe » Italy » Veneto » Verona

Italian Flag 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
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