Holidays are a great opportunity to spend quality time with family or friends, give in to hobby fever, do some outdoor activities, or just laze around. So we all just love them, right? There are many popular holiday activities like traveling, playing indoor or outdoor games, watching movies and believe it or not, sleeping! Though I personally feel sleeping (during the day at least) is such a waste of time. I would rather do something more interesting, like shopping:). I wait and wait for my hubby to be at home on the weekends. And when the weekend comes, hubby dearest keeps dozing off!:)
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Spring has sprung and the long hot days of summer are approaching. When warm weather creeps in kids are eager to get out of school while parents are scrambling to figure out ways to keep them busy and save money.
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A country of pasta and wine, sunshine and snow, renaissance palaces and roman ruins, Italy is as beautiful as it is complex, making this region of Italy so popular for people to come and have a self catering holiday here in a rental villa or a rustic rural house. Lombardy is an Italian region which occupies a major part of Po Valley.
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Lake Iseo, also called Lake Sebina, is the fourth largest lake in the Lombardy region of Italy. The lake was formed by the Valcamonica Glacier, and is 24 kilometres long and up to 5 kilometres wide. This width is not always obvious as the largest lake island in Europe, Monte Isola, sits in the centre of the lake. The lake is situated just north of Brescia and Bergamo, this being reflected in the fact that it is administered on the western bank by the Bergamo district council, and on the east bank by the Brescia district council. The River Oglio, flowing down from the Val Camonica and entering between Lovere and Pisogne, mainly feeds the Lake from the north. The Val Camonica has thermal spas and prehistoric rock carvings. At the southern end of the lake lies the Torbiere, a peat bog and now a nature reserve. South of this lies the Franciacorta valley, producing the best sparkling wine in Italy.
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Lake turnover is an interesting phenomenon typical of most lakes that experience winter ice-over conditions. The best fly fishing lakes in the Kamloops area are no exception.
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An aerial view of the the reservoir

Photo: M. Kislalioglu and F. Berkes
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An aerial view of the dam site

Photo: Miyagi Prefectural Government
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A lake view with Mt. Kaimon in the background

Photo: A. Kurata
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An aerial view of main outflowing channel and the lake

Photo: Ogata Village Office
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Eastern end of the lake

Photo: A.Kurata
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A view on the lake

Photo: L.L.Sharma
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Southern shore of the lake,
Virunga Mountains in the background

Photo: R.E.Hecky
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A southward view of the lake
at the shore of northern end

Photo: A.Kurata
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