Britt, Kelley and I waiting for the train.

Venice, The Trip of Hell.

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April 19th 2009
Venice. I don't even know where to start for I can't decide if Venice is the most beautiful place I've visited so far or if it's the worst place on earth. It all started Thursday afternoon when we checked the weather for Cinque Terre and saw the weather was going to be rain. Cinque Terre is not a place I wanted to visit in the rain so very spontaneously we decided instead we'd all go to Venice. ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence

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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