Me with the lake behind..

When in Rome....

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September 29th 2007
Well, I am not in Rome, but an Italian phrase....Paese che vai, usanza che trovi! Where you go, follow customs. So, I have been eating and drinking wine. I was so starved in Germany/Austria eating pretzels and such, now I eat pizza, gelati, etc. Yummy! Lake Como is beautiful as ever and the weather was better than the last time I was there. But, there was sooooo many Americans or English spea ... 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