View outside from Dodge Palace

Verona and Venice to Padua

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May 20th 2018
Venice with black snake shaped gondolas gliding through the canals had imprinted itself in my childhood memories. It is an expensive and congested city. A friend suggested staying in Verona and commuting to Venice which is hardly two hours by train. I got super cheap tickets (40 GBP via Ryanair from London to Verona) and took the early morning (3:30am) bus to Golders Green and another bus to Londo ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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