Great View

Chapter 4 - DAY24 - Rome to Venice

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September 30th 2011
VENICE – A WHOLE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE The next stop on our journey through Italy was Venice and it was pretty much a straight haul with only a roadside lunch break. The Auto Grill we stopped at was interesting in that the dining area was actually above the motorway. It is possible to enter from both sides of the road. Very clever idea I thought. We were warned to watch out for Gypsy’s but for ... 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