Lake Volaia

The lake of Volaia on the Austrian side of the Pass

June 1st 2011
As we had some distance to cover today, plus a long hike, we left Calalzo at 7.30 to get some breakfast, then lunch for the walk. Collina is also close to the Austrian border turning off at Forni Avoltri and heading into remote country on a steep, narrow, winding road through small villages. Arriving at a parking place by a restaurant we fuelled up on drinks and headed off up the mountain hiki ... 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

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These blogs were started to record our Europe May to August 2011 trip. The Blogs were great for us to diary each day, for others to follow and for us to review when back home. Several have been published into personal books. And so it has continued adding: Europe - Italy,Switzerland, France, 2011 The Hurunui High Country Walk 2011. Tasmania 2012 Europe 2013 - Austria, Switzerland, France and Ireland. Alps2Ocean and Clutha Bike Trails 2014 A Christmas in Switzerland and Germany 2014 Biking the Danube, the Italian Dolomites and Austrian Lakes 2015 Vancouver, Lake Chelan (Washington S... full info

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