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Venizia!

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May 31st 2016
We arrived in Venice by Transavia airlines-a budget European airline that cost us only $200 CAD for all of us plus a checked bag to fly from Paris. We were so happy to see the sun when we landed and walked to our water bus taxi. The water bus was a bit costlier than the bus, but it was worth the extra to approach Venice from the water. We passed the island of Murano where they make the famous glas ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto

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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