Over the Alps

Italy - Venice

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May 12th 2008
Saturday 10 May 2008 We arrived at Charleroi Airport and quickly found the RyanAir check-in counter - it was the one with the longest queue! When we finally got to the front of the line we found that each of us had about 16.5kg of check-in luggage. Luckily we had prepared for this scenario. We had packed at easy access anything in our packs that we we not willing to pay 8 Euros per kilo ... 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