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Italy - East coast to Venice

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June 7th 2011
Hi all, Tuesday 17th May The original plan, many many moons ago was to get on a ferry from Bari in eastern Italy and cross the Adriatic sea to Croatia, but with the ferry booking website not working and no one ever answering the telephone I've had to scrap that plan and we now have to drive north instead. A bit disappointing as we no longer get to visit Montenegro, Bosnia or southern Croat ... 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