Shopping in Venice

Venice - Gondala rides, jewellery & attitude adjusters

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July 18th 2005
After Rome we drove to Venice, the city of water, it was beatutiful. We had 2 nights there staying at in cabins at a camp site. After Rome we were hopeful that the weather might be a bit cooler but it wasn't, still hot! The camp site was on the water so the first afternoon we got there Dana and I took a beer and some cheese and crackers down to the water. Our tour guide had warned us previousl ... 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