My Driving-Vacation at Lake Como, Italy

My Driving-Vacation to Lake Como, Italy - Part 1

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September 27th 2009
In the slightly overcast balmy morning, with barely any sleep but fully energized, my date, I board a ferry at Cadenabbia, a town just south of Menaggio, with the destination Bellagio. Many travel programs and books have been published about this region. It is not hard to imagine why. This is the land of Leonardo Da Vinci and Michaelangelo. When the ferry is about at the midpoint between Cadena ... 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