Venice

Venice; Churches, Gondola's and Great food!

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September 19th 2009
Day 521 Steps 18176 We woke up to miserable weather... bucketing rain with no signs of letting up. We reset the alarm and changed our plans, boycotting Verona (the home of Romeo and Juliette) and heading straight to Venice (the capital of Love!). Arriving in Venice a couple hours later we dropped off our bags at our cute little ensuite cabin at Jolly Camping (happy we hadn't decided to camp!) and ... 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