Delicious meal of cheese, bread and honey in a tavern in one of the hamlets

Lake Como

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October 8th 2010
My expectations of what Lake Como would be like were way off the mark. I had expected the lake to be huge ( it is ), but I wanted there to be flat shores with pine trails leading off from it, with lovely lakeside walks in dappled sunshine. There arent any. It isnt like that at all. At first, I was very disappointed, but have now modified my feelings. A little. In reality, the lake is surrounded ... 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