The gondola left without me

I just can't bring myself to pay a hundred dollars for a ride in this thing- though i do get a kick out of watching the other tourists in it...

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Scarlet letter meets the orange mantle...

July 31st 2008
After another night of unbearable heat and being dive-bombed by mosquitoes, I awoke to a very nice breeze moving across the canal. I woke up optimistic for a visit to the Accademia, which is the premier art museum in Venice. Unfortunately, the Accademia was closed for a few hours due to a worker's strike, and so I resolved instead to go to the Chiesa dei Frari, which is home to two of the grandest ... read more

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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

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