Day 11 - Venice 2012-08-27 18.33.58

Day 11 - Venice

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August 28th 2012
Another travel day as we moved from Florence to Venice. Our train ride wasn't so dramatic this time around but Emily did have a small encounter with an intoxicated homeless man wandering around the station. On the train we sat next to a couple from Burlington who told us that they were originally from Ottawa. They said that they were coming from Rome but were happy to go to Venice because i ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice

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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