Tracey at the Very Top of Mount Grona

Lake Como - Where the stars swim

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November 2nd 2004
We arrived in Como on September 19, 2004. After giving up on George, we took an hour bus ride north to the hostel in Mennagio, a lakeside village on the central portion of Lake Como. The bus travels through the small villages along the lake, weaving through incredibly small roads the entire way. If the windows were open, you could touch the buildings we were driving by. At several points, we had ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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