View from the bell tower 1

Beautiful Venice!

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January 18th 2009
This holiday season, Kai and I traveled to four European countries. We were on vacation for almost three weeks, starting in Venice, Italy and ending in Prague, Czech Republic. We had an amazing time and saw a lot of beautiful places. On December 19th, Kai and I met in Nykoping, Sweden to fly to Venice. It is where the Ryanair airport is based outside of Stockholm. I got up at 5am after 3 hour ... 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