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Roisin relaxing with her kindle  
   

Roisin relaxing with her kindle

Venice 03 -: Nun's on tour kick up a storm!

September 22nd 2014
Distance travelled: 674 nautical miles Roisin and I have sailed away from Venice on 3 occasions. Passing across the Grand Canal and seeing St. Mark's square and the characteristic Palazzo Ducale otherwise known as the Doge's Palace and not as I've been calling it, the 'Dojo's Palace. As Roisin pointed out to me, for centuries this was the centre of the Government of the Venetian Republic ... read more
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Italian Flag 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
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