Birthday Girl Cruising on Garda

Garda

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September 26th 2010
Wednesday 22nd September 2010 Back on the road and south via Austria and the Brenner Pass to Lake Garda, Italy. A long days drive rewarded with fabulous mountain scenery and the drive down Lake Garda - North to South on the east bank. A hot sunny day and our first taste of real Italian pizza and ice cream. Thursday 23rd September 2010 A relaxing day after yesterday’s long journey with a ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Peschiera del Garda

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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