Venice

VENICE

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October 24th 2006
We are playing serious "catch up" with our blog. Here we are in Florence and are still trying to get Venice posted. It all sounds very disjointed but we are trying. Trouble is, we are so flat out during the day running around trying not to miss things and when we get in to our hotel late at night all you want is a good nights sleep so you can do it all over again next day. Venice is truely amaz ... 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