Lake Como, Italy

When the moon hits your eye

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June 22nd 2011
Several more trains with connections in Milan and Como finally got us on a local train to Varenna, one of the many small towns on Lake Como. It was nearly 9 pm when we got there, nearly 10 hours after leaving the Alps. We decided to walk to our hotel from the station which may not have been the best idea. It was a long hot, up hill hike. Our hotel was on top of a hill so several inclines later we ... 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