Italian lakes 20130612_191800

Italian lakes

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June 12th 2013
Drove north to see the Italian lakes, namely Como. It was a hot day 34 degrees outside and about 50 degrees inside the car. With no air-condition, I was pretty hot all day driving in the car. I had to stop about 3 times as I don't want to overheat the engine. During my first motorway service station stops, I accidentally found that there was little or no transmission fluid (the transmission ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lombardy » 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