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Lake Como to Switzerland - Where is George?

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May 10th 2009
Hi All Today we travelled to Switzerland via Lake Como - sometime home of Mr George Clooney. Anita has assured me that we are visiting because the lake is supposed to be beautiful, and for no other reason! Drive was pretty easy once we found a non-automated fuel station to fill up at. I now know the offical motorway speed is 130km, so we can also get there at speed - they don't have it on a ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lombardy » Como

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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