Venice- for the day 12 Grand Canal

Venice- for the day

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July 24th 2006
Geo: 45.3374, 12.1379Maeve and I were at the pier by 6.30, just like the lady at the info centre said to. We were waiting for the Prince of Venice. Meave was getting a one way ticket and going on to Verona and I was just doing a day trip to Venice- because I can! The catamaran finally arrived and after passport checks and buying tickets we took off, 20 minutes we docked in Croatia and picked up ... 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