italyendnov 036

Italy

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November 21st 2011
Travelling from Germany across the Alps into Austria then Italy has to be one of the great drives of the world.The scenery is awesome!!!You cant imagine how they built those roads that carve their way thru those huge mountains.We arrive in Bolzano in the area known as The Tyrol..where everything seems Austrian.It was owned by Austria before he war then after became Italy but someone forgot to tell ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Bellarine Peninsula

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more