Lake Trasimeno, the largest lake in centralItaly, has a subtle charm: sleepy, placid and shallow, kissed by gently rollinghills covered with olives and vineyards. Special flat-bottomed boats skim overits waters, fishing for eels, indeed the lake is so shallow, it is in danger ofbecoming a peat bog. Recently, the villages around the lake have become popularwith English expatriates, searching for pastures new away from the crowdedhillsides of the Chianti region...