Nothing says Italy like the canals of Venice.

Fashion and Gondolas

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January 28th 2008
Well, we haven´t been in one place long enough to catch up on blogs so we are again behind but will try to catch up here. We started our travels in Italy in Milan, the fashion capital of the world (at least that is what they tell themselves). There were a lot of "beautiful people" and enough fur and leather to make a PETA member go nuts that´s for sure. We stayed in the city for a day and sta ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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