Beach at Lido (Island) Venice

Italy Part 1

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September 10th 2008
Our latest adventure was awesome. We had the best time ever. We decided to get a pretty serious holiday in before uni starts in 3 weeks so decided to head for Italy. Jess planned for hours and hours to find the cheapest of everything, hostels, trains, buses, the works. Day 1We left for Venice via Villach (the bottom of Austria), a three hour train trip between each stop. When we hopped on the ... 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