on board

On Board in Venice

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October 6th 2010
We’re aboard the Nieuw Amsterdam and getting ready for our evening. The bus left the hotel about 11 this morning for the short ride to the ship. There are quite a few ships in port today including the Vision of the Sea and the Queen Victoria. The bus stopped at the luggage area quite a ways from the ship where we had to identify our luggage and turn it into the porters. Then we followed our guid ... 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