Selfie up the top Venice

Day 33

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June 20th 2015
Last day in Venice and we awake to cruise ships entering the port as we see many of these huge vessels come and go each day. They are all different shapes and sizes and are a grand site from our hotel window. We think there is about eight in port at the moment, and notice the increase in street congestion when the thousands of people embark daily. Today we head up the tower in San Marco Squa ... 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