The colours must remain the same

Venice

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June 20th 2012
Venice W<strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ednesday 20 June Yes, I have another cold… grrr. Sinuses stuffed up and cough, cough, cough, cough. Its lunchtime now and I’m starting to feel hungry. I’ve hardly eaten since I arrived in Venice on Monday night. There’s a little supermarket not 100m from here, so I’m going to venture out for something to eat and a quick loo ... 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