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Watch Your Mouth and Take Shelter!

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July 14th 2008
Cristina, Kelli, Monica and I took a nice little trip to Lake Garda, the largest lake in Northern Italy. It was a gorgeous scenic 2 hour car ride! Vineyards, mountains, and rivers surrounded us. We decided to park in the little town of Malcesine and enjoy the lake from there. The main event of the day was to rent a speed boat. Once we shelled out our money we hopped aboard and sped away! Lake ... 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