the flood

our first look of the flooded part, and I seriously wanted to run back to the boat. I was such a sook. I calmed down a bit later, was still in shock I guess that it floods there!

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Day 6 - Venice 23/12

December 23rd 2009
I never knew Venice flooded! I mean its kind of obvious now thinking about it, but I really never expected it to be flooded when we went there! We were blessed enough to enter Venice the morning of its highest tide of 1.4m! Luckily high tide was at 4am, so by 9am, it wasn't so bad! That being said, I was totally freaked out! I mean, hearing about all these tides, we had to walk across this fa ... 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

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