Love a good castle.

Are we there yet?

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April 14th 2008
And on the story goes... Today was a big day, travelling from Milan at some ungodly hour, to Lake Garda, to Verona and then to a town a 30 minute train ride outside of Venice proper. Lake Garda was truly beautiful, perhaps this was due to the fact the sun was shining, birds were singing and it was so picturesque. I would definitely come back here - if only I could remember the name of the t ... 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