Postcard

Innsbruck to Venice

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July 31st 2007
Today was another good day! The coach ride this morning was very quiet! We drove for about 2 hours before making our service stop….IN ITALY!!! Hooray, Italy! We got to the docks of Venice around 1pm. We had to wait for a while for our transport to arrive to pick us up. Apparently that’s how things work around there- people do what they want, when they want. It seems to be a pretty corru ... 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