It's raining :-(

Rain, rain go away

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August 7th 2005
It's raining. The one day we spend in Venice, OUTDOORS, it rains.. or more like.. pours. Our hotel is in the little town of Noale, so we take the morning ferry over to Venice. Venice is so overrated. It's like a big touristy sinking island. Oh, where was I, right, it's raining. Maciek and I go up the bell tower in San Marco Piazza and it's like a typhoon up there. I'm wearing a skirt that day, ... 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