Return to the scene of the ice-cream incident: Venice December 2009
December 15th 2009 For those of you in sunny Australia, it may be difficult for you to comprehend how cold it is getting now. Even when the sun is shining - the wind feels like it is making its way though your bones! We decided to brave the elements and head for Venice. I had visited Venice a couple of years ago as a backpacker and had thoroughly enjoyed the city in Winter as it is devoid of the hordes of tourists t
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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 
