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Buongiorno from Italy

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June 8th 2011
On the last leg of our tour of Europe. We are now in Italy, Lake Como and have been joined by My cousin, Stuart and wife Helen. Yesterday was spent in the airport at Paris, we had at 2pm flight and arrived early as we had nothing to do with our baggage. The only problem was our flight had been delayed for four hours due to a lightening strike. I was happy to wait for them to check out the air ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lombardy » Lake 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