Venice - Train to Paris

Venice

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July 29th 2012
Friday, July 27 The train/bus journey between Athens and Patras wasn't as fraught as we expected though it was tedious. The train runs between Athens Airport and Kiato via Corinth and only skirts the outer suburbs of Athens so it is first necessary to take the Metro from the city to one of the outer-urban stations and change trains to the inter-city train. Once out of Athens, 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