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September 20th 2006
We are now in a place called Lake Garda, which is a little bit smaller than Lake Taupo. We are staying at a pretty nice hotel, which makes a nice change from the hostels we have been at. Sharing a room however means that it is only slightly more each than the crappy hostel we were in in Rome. Here we have a nice room, our own bathroom, nice beds and a pool! The weather has turned up to the party a ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Lake Garda

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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