Grand Canal

Venice

---

October 25th 2008
On Wed 22nd Oct, we went on a Eurostar train to Venice. It went very fast,about 170km/hr. Not as fast as the one from Rome to Florence - that went about 250 km/hr. In Venice we walked to St Mark's Square. We saw billions of pigeons. If you stay still they stop on your arms- 2 got on my arm. We are staying at a place on the Grand Canal. There are lots of boats in Venice, and not one car!! The ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice

---

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