Chris deciding which Grappa to buy from Distillery at end of bridge

Italy - Venice

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September 16th 2013
Wed 11thSept Bled to Lido di Jesolo 202 miles It rained all night and was still raining when we woke up at 8.00am with more rain forecast so that was time for us to move on. Took the wrong road out of Bled (I didnt want to put us inadvertently on a Motorway and incur a fine! – well – thats my excuse!!) and went via Spodnje Gorje to the main road where we then headed, in error, tow ... 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