The Dolomites

Goodbye Venice and gidday the Dolomites

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August 24th 2010
Although it was hot and humid, Venice gave me everything that I expected of it. It’s very old, very busy, very expensive and I guess it really was one of those great places of the world that one must see and now I have I can cross it off the list. However, but not before the obligatory couple of Vivaldi concerts (no Bonnie, that’s not a rock group) and a ride in a gondola. Oh, and I almost fo ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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