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Travel Day: Florence to Venice

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September 17th 2010
After packing our suitcases last night and putting them out in the hallway by 10:00pm, we went to sleep. In the morning we had our usual buffet breakfast at the hotel and gathered to walk to the train station. Our suitcases were already on their way to Venice via truck. Wehad a short wait at the train station and then boarded our Eurostar train to Venice. ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice

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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