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Day 7 - Venice

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May 2nd 2016
This morning we woke up early and took a boat to Murano which is one of the islands in Venice. It was pouring with rain so I bought a lovely bright blue poncho on the way which worked really well, but may have not been the classiest thing to wear in Italy! Murano is famous for it's glass artwork. We saw a demonstration of how they made their glass by either blowing into it to make the vases or mou ... 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