Varenna from the Batello

Italy I-From Lake Como to Venice

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August 21st 2015
Well after a very active three weeks in Italy and then a busy time returning to the USA and reconnecting with our house, family and "normal" life etc., I have at a last made the time and organized my thoughts enough to put pen to paper on the final blog entries to our European adventure. I say entries as opposed to entry because there is so much from Italy that I have split it into three entries t ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto

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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