Venice

Europa 2013

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September 11th 2013
The journey from Dubrovnik to the airport is a reasonably lengthy and costly one but affords you the most magnificent views as you travel along the coast most of the way. We have come to love the European taxi drivers. They arrive on time to pick you up and they get you to where you need to be on time. On the down side they usually reek of cigarette smoke, drive like men possessed and sit on their ... 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