St Marks

Happy new year!

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January 1st 2014
Geo: 45.4357, 12.337After we stayed up so late last night, a late start was in order - don't think anyone moved until the bells tolled 9am!We had breakfast as we walked - marmalata croissants, cioccolatte croissants and panini with cheese and ham! Then into St Marks Square, for the free wifi to ring our family - and to give Matt another chance to catch his pet pigeon (he is getting closer ... 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