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October 18th - 25th

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October 27th 2013
We left Venice on the early morning train. Janet and David met us and we rode the trains together. Unfortunately, there was a train strike and so one of our connecting trains did not arrive, but all ended well since the next train arrived on time and we arrived with plenty of daylight in Asti. Asti was our launch point for Canale. We all rented cars and had to find our way to Canale with various G ... read more

Europe » Italy » Piedmont » Canale

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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