another view of Verona

Verona and Lake Garda

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November 18th 2007
This weekend I ended up going to Verona with Katrin. I was supposed to go to Monaco and Nice with Susan but there was a train strike there so she couldn’t leave. I was so sad! But I still had a good weekend. Katrin and I left Florence on Friday mornig and arrived in Verona by 1pm. The city is beautiful! Imagine beautifully colored buildings with ivys flowing down the walls and shutters of ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Verona

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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