chairlift over Maggiore

Magnificent, Majestic Maggiore!

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March 10th 2007
Wknd #3:The Northern Italian Lakes. Lake Maggiore... "makes even your mind smile" I sat in the OR today, watching a craniotomy and removal of a GBM from the right parietal region, and I kept day-dreaming on how I would begin this blog. In truth, it was ineffably beautiful... but I'll try... I spent the morning in the OR and by 15:30 I was on the train to Laveno. This is the l ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lombardy » Lake Maggiore

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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