Villa Carlotta from the garden

July 13th 2009
Geo: 45.9846, 9.2197Flew from Heathrow to Milan then by car up to the hotel. It is one of the old grand Italian Hotels- wide corridors, lovely old furniture, chandeliers and lots of flunkies in uniform. Our room overlooked the lake and the first thing to do was to have drinks on the terrace with our friends Paul & Jane. A preprandial of champagne in their suite before dinner, which we had in the ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lombardy » Tremezzo

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

Message Follow (2) Comment

Tizwoz

I am a retired doctor with 2 kids, one of whom lives in Australia so travelling to the other side of the world has become second nature. Apart from socialising and gardening, travelling is my favourite hobby. I love travelling with my husband as we have the same likes and dislikes when it comes to food, wine and things to do (apart from sport that is !) TP PROFILE Former TravelPod Member: tizwoz Joined: October 11th, 2008From: England lives in Sutton,United KingdomFavorite Book: Any fantasy or science fictionFavorite Movie: Lord of the RingsFavorite Music: Prefer peace... full info

Joined	May 29th 2017	Trips	35
Last Login	November 21st 2023	Followers	2
Status	BLOGGER	Follows	0
Blogs	365	Guestbook	277
Photos	4,558	Forum Posts	0

[photo=9313175]

[blogger=370772]

[photo=9313175]

[blog=977689]

[blogger=370772]

Trips (35)Blog Map

Tot: 0.027s; Tpl: 0.003s; cc: 9; qc: 11; dbt: 0.0097s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1.1mb