Hotel Annia

Venice Bound

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September 23rd 2015
First a big shout out to Sharon’s mother Shirley for her 86thBirthday today. We’ll try to call her but with the time difference and her schedule it may be difficult to get ahold of her for a few days. But we still hope she has a great day! It was over a year and a half ago when we decided to take a cruise on the ms Nieuw Amsterdam for our fifth wedding anniversary. It might not ... 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