Lake Garda Photo 21

Lake Garda

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September 20th 2004
Absolutely fantastic trip. Didn't know a word of Italian and decided we would use the public transport system! Our accommodation was in a working farm house in a little village called Dro. I forgot to bring directions to the farm and also forgot the name of the place! Luckily the village only had about 200 people living there, so after some wandering and a couple of failed attempts to talk wit ... 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