Crowded St Mark's Square - it's always like this

Come Sail Away With Us!

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May 5th 2013
Geo: 45.4345, 12.3384Today was sail away day from Venice. We were awake before 7:30 am again after having been up past 2 am. We weren't scheduled to leave Venice until 2 pm so we left the ship and explored more of Venice this morning. I had to use the restroom in Venice and when we finally found a WC (water closet)... it was 1 Euro to pee. Well, at least it was nice and clean! We went t ... 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