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Grand Canal Chaos!   
   

Grand Canal Chaos!

The most small craft water traffic that we've seen since the Mekong.
Gondola, Gondola!

May 30th 2010
It has been three years since our last visit to ‘the boot’ and we have been looking forward to seeing another side of Italian life. We were fortunate to have stayed with friends on our last trip and benefitted greatly from their advice and language skills- this time we’re on our own! Touching down at the airport, we set off in search of the bus to take us to Mestre where we follow a sligh ... read more
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Italian Flag 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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