Yum yum

Gondolas and glass

---

May 22nd 2008
Ah Venice - place full of bridges, little islands, glass and hot gondola drivers (well our one was hot anyway).... We started the day in Venice with all our wet weather gear as it had been raining in Italy quite a lot. However the sun decided to come out and it was a glorious day spent in Venice. I'd have to say that i think it is my favourite place (apart from Cinque Terre). Hopping from i ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice

---

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