Eurotrip 074

And on the seventh day, God made Gelato

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May 10th 2008
As the last few Viennese were going to bed, we got up to catch the early 7 ½- hour train to Venice. Normally, it would be hard for me to get up that early and sit so long on a train, but when it was for Venice, it was a bit more bearable. I sat awake, as protector of our luggage for the journey. Jessie slept an amazing 7 hours. It was her loss. I enjoyed a beautiful Austrian countryside. It ... 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