Verona

We would be spending our first night just outside Venice clear on the opposite side of Northern Italy but first we would make a quick visit to Verona.

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Day One (Saturday)

June 24th 2006
After arriving in Milan we boarded Salvatore's bus which took us to Treviso by way of Verona. Because of the restrictive rules about taking buses into Italian cities Salvatore had to drop us off just outside the touristy part of town. We spent about two hours checking out the old buildings and trying to cool off in air conditioned shops. There seemed to be a lot of very well-dressed locals wa ... 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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