Venitian house with greenery

St Mark's Square; Basilica and Ducal Palace

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September 18th 2010
We have buffet breakfast at our hotel. Each of our three hotels on this trip has had a buffet breakfast for us and other hotel guests. The first morning at a new hotel has always been a learning situation. One must first learn where the various foods are placed along the tables, then how to operate the coffee machine, then where the milk and other cold drinks are, and do we use plates or bowls or ... 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