Gondola

Finally in Venice!

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August 17th 2005
We finally arrived in Venice (yes if any of you smart cookies noticed the skip of two days, it did take us that long to get here!) at around 9:30 am. The looonnnnggg ferry ride had not been as bad as we had expected but long none the less. As we approached Venice via the ferry I could tell I was going to love this place. Matt had already been here before but was excited to return. We found our ... 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