The Grand Canal

Venice

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August 18th 2010
Firstly, a quick summary of the second day in Vienna - mild weather, missed tickets for the Spanish Riding School so spent the afternoon at Haus des Meers Aqua Terra Zoo (mostly looking for bats). The views from the observation deck at the top were good. We had dinner in a Hungarian restaurant that we stumbled upon called Ilana’s Stuberl which provided the best meal we have had so far on the tri ... 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