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Valentine’s day in Venice

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February 14th 2010
Sunday 14.2.2010 day 123 Valentine’s day in Venice It is carnival time in Venice, everyone dresses up and wears masks. We got up early and had bfast then got the train to Venice not everyone on our stop got on the train as it was so full and almost no one got on at the 5 stops after ours I am so glad that we got up early to get the train. When we got to Venice there were 1000’s of people at th ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice

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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