Venice

Venice

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August 8th 2008
This was our second trip to Venice and we wanted to take it slowly and enjoy walking through the streets. We did it really on a shoestring this time and stayed in a place called Camping Jolly outside town-it wasn't too bad despite Mary-Anne's fears! We took a waterbus through the town and went to the Lido (Venice's beach). We went to the Academia museum to add to the cultural experience. We ... 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