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Italy

Italy is a surprisingly young country considering how much history is in this small country. It did not come together to a modern country until 1861.
Some facts about Italy:

  • Italy is located in Southern Europe
  • Italy is the home of pizza and imported pasta from China to Europe
  • The average life expectancy at birth for an Italian is 79.54 years.
  • Italy is slightly larger than Arizona.
  • Northern Italy is must more prosperous than Southern Italy
  • Italians love their evening Passeggiata, or stroll.
  • Italy brought the world ice cream, the piano and of course the Roman Empire
  • Italians is a popular travel destination and has been featured many times on the Amateur Traveler.
“What News on the Rialto?” – Venice, Italy – Daily Photo

“What News on the Rialto?” – Venice, Italy – Daily Photo

Shakespeare started Act III of Merchant of Venice with the line “Now, what news on the Rialto?”. This important and historic bridge in Venice, Italy was the first to be built across ...
View from Lake Como – Varenna, Italy – Daily Photo

View from Lake Como – Varenna, Italy – Daily Photo

Lake Colmo in Northern Italy has the reputation as being where the Italians go for vacation or at least go to avoid the heat of the Summer in Milan. This is the ...
Vernazza at Night – Italy – Daily Photo

Vernazza at Night – Italy – Daily Photo

The boats come and go all day, at night they are either bobbing up and down on the water or sitting on the sand, their presence reminds us just how fresh the ...
Venice Gondolas – Venice, Italy – Daily Photo

Venice Gondolas – Venice, Italy – Daily Photo

Venice is one of my favourite cities to visit, I think it is beautiful and calming in spite of the crowds. After a long, hot day trip to Trieste it was refreshing ...
Courtyard – Cinque Terre, Italy – Daily Photo

Courtyard – Cinque Terre, Italy – Daily Photo

I love peaking into courtyards in other countries. It always seems like there is a secret world back here that tourists don’t see. OK, perhaps not as secret here at this courtyard ...
St Mark’s Square at Dawn – Venice, Italy – Daily Photo

St Mark’s Square at Dawn – Venice, Italy – Daily Photo

Here is something that you won;t see unless you get up early. At dawn St Mark’s Square in Venice is empty of tourists and even empty of pigeons. For other travel photos ...
Fruit Vendor – Cinque Terra, Italy – Daily Photo

Fruit Vendor – Cinque Terra, Italy – Daily Photo

I liked this image because I love pictures of fruit vendors, markets etc, but also because it is a reminder that these 5 picturesque towns on the Italian towns may be overrun ...
Lake Como – Varenna, Italy – Daily Photo

Lake Como – Varenna, Italy – Daily Photo

Varenna Italy is a beautiful city on the shores of Lake Como in Italy. The center of town is OK looking but Varenna saves its prettiest face for views from the lake. ...
Port – Portovenere, Italy – Daily Photo

Port – Portovenere, Italy – Daily Photo

Portovenere is on the Italian coast is just south of the Cinque Terre. I am guessing that the guy in the foreground with the megaphone is a tour guide. You have to ...
Church of San Pietro – Portovenere, Italy – Daily Photo

Church of San Pietro – Portovenere, Italy – Daily Photo

This is the coastline just south of the Cinque Terre in Italy. The church of San Pietro was built in the 6th century on the site of an ancient temple to Venus ...