On the Grand Canal

Vrooming through Venice

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July 25th 2006
Vrooming through Venice Leaving Seedorf, Switzerland, and sadly the Swiss Alps (before Bryan could formulate a new plan for another mountain summit) we rode the train to Venice, Italy. Walking out from the train station in Venice, we were hit with one of those round-a-bout realizations... no noise, no fumes, and then the "aha" moment... no cars in all of the city. Across from ... 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