Lake Maggiore - Hotel Simplon Our Room

June 27th 2019
Today is a really relaxed start, as we won't be hitting the road until 9:00. So after a quick breakfast, we bid a fond farewell to Santa Margherita, and board the coach for Lake Maggiore. Lake Maggiore is in the upper northwest area of Italy near the border with Switzerland. This is a 3 hour bus ride, the longest we have some so far. So with plenty of time on the road, Anna gave us a quick synopsi ... 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

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Rick & Jody Rousseau

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Since our retirement in April 2015, after a 38 year career in Lockheed Martin , Jody and I have visited the lower 48 states in 2 motorcycle trips and Hawaii and Alaska on separate cruises.. Our first "motorcycle trip of a lifetime" where we visited every state west of the Mississippi on a 105 day 20,000 mile motorcycle trip from May 24, 2015 to Sept 5 2015 can be viewed at TravelArk along with the build blog of my 51 Chevy Hotrod Pickup Truck. As we continue our travels we will add to our trips with various blogs along the way., Other pas... full info

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