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Venice

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May 23rd 2010
So here I am 7 pm two glasses of red and a plate of Parma ham and I'm left to type the blog. Another full day. Our only whole day to see Venice. We arrived yesterday from Florence at 3 o'clock a little worse for wear as we had been up since 5 o'clock. Arrived in Florence and stowed our bags until the 12.30 train to Venice. Thought I would get some serious shopping in since we were too busy si ... 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