bus trip

Bye Bye Cortina, Hello Venice!! (Day Eight)

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March 15th 2009
We were up at the crack of dawn and boarding a bus to head back to the Venice airport. This was for two reasons, One being to check some of our large luggage and two is to catch the water taxi into the city. The boat ride was rather nice and pretty smooth. We encountered some gorgeous views as we approached the city and even more so as we cruised down the grand canal to the hotel. Upon reaching th ... 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