Lake Bolsena Photo 2

Lake Bolsena

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August 28th 2011
On Sunday we were able to sleep in for the first time all week! We ate breakfast and hung out in the hotel room until 4 when we departed for nearby Lake Bolsena. Massimo, the driver of our van, apparently wanted to get to the lake very quickly. We drove down VERY narrow roads going close to 60 miles an hour and if the car in front of us was going too slow, Massimo would just drive around them. App ... 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