Venice Italy

Venice Italy 2001

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July 31st 2005
We almost missed the train to Venice because the train said nothing about Venice. So here all three of us running down to the train. Hopping on any car just so we would not miss the train. We had to walk up 5 train cars to get to our compartment. Wow what an adventure. We had a recomendation from the inkeeper for a pensioni in Venice. We will share a room there and for the rest of the trip. We fo ... 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