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Venice .... .ahhhhhh

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August 4th 2006
Geo: 45.3932, 12.2299For once, a semi-decent hostel breakfast. Cheese! Yes!!! Off to the train station. Sat with an elderly Israeli couple and a Serb guy named Nikola. Very interesting talking to him. A crash course in Yugoslavian history (at least, the break-up portion - but aren't the break-ups always the juiciest parts?). If I get a chance I'll meet up with him in Serbia. At ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice

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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