Lois with the pigeons

Bye Bye Italy

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September 25th 2007
Ciao! Well, it is 10:00 on Tuesday night and we are just back to our hotel outside of Milan, near the Malpensa airport. It is our last night in Italy and ... I don't want to go!! We spent the last three nights in Venice. Venice - what a city! Yes, there are lots of gondolas out on the water and many other water crafts. It is a pretty cool city - absolutely no cars, mopeds or horses. You can ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice

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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