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Venice

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June 5th 2012
Venice was another great city. Great for walking, weather and food - though not in that order. We decided to stay in Venice itself, not in Mestre to get a better feel for the city After a bit of internet research we decided to leave most of our luggage at the train station and take the minimum in to where we were staying. I wouldn't have taken our 4 bags in across those canals - though the ... 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