Lake Como

A cultural experience

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September 30th 2009
So we are on the train to Venice now. I'll post this whenever I get internet again but it is Monday at 11 AM or so as I write. We are getting to Venice around noon and just spending today, tonight, and early tomorrow there. As beautiful as I'm sure it will be, it is pretty expensive and there isn't really all that much to see other than the St. Mark's Basillica/square, and maybe the Rialto area ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lombardy » Milan

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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