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It was suggested some time ago that it would be useful to carry a set of cards in various languages saying something like " I WILL STOP AT THE NEXT TOLL/SERVICE AREA/TOWN"
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nickleress wrote:
thanks for that brian, just got carried away and just wanted to get it off my chest so to speak, jeanxron


Not without reason. It's so bizarre I went to sleep thinking "can that really have happened or is this the next J K Rowling".

My daughter "did" Italy a few years ago by push bike, on her own. Sicily, across to Bari, boat to Croatia flew out of Trieste and didn't have any problems. Mind you, the bike wasn't worth much.

I hope you get over this, Italy is too good to miss.

It pays to click "Preview" before all posts, it's amazing what that shows up.

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Buon giorno eddied Shocked no dont remember,
it has been totally formated Confused from our memories,
but would defo boot up Shocked should we ever go near
that god forsaken place again Rolling Eyes did we by mischance blunder into an Albanian or Rom encampment Embarassed and was really only a dream Embarassed nooooo this was a small village like i said 20/25 kl north of bari , but yes i would agree whole heartedly there are some beautiful places we visited Very Happy and the people were very nice and friendly, Smile ofcause we cannot tar them all with the same brush, its like anywere in the world{except an Wink Albanian or Rom encampment } most of the human race are loving normal friendly people, but this place was like nowhere we have visited, Shocked Evil or Very Mad

must be near Apulia as you seem to know the region,
but must also be a well known black spot for the tella in the bank
to have warned ron to stay away, should have heeded his warning to not even go near let alone in the place, Shocked and all this to taste real a italian pizza. Embarassed Laughing
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nickleress wrote:
must be near Apulia


You are on a computer, will it run Google Earth ?

The resolution is not good in that area but you may be able to spot the town.

It wasn't 25k north of Bari unless you were wearing scuba gear Smile

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hilldweller so glad your daughter had a nice time, has for the jk rowling novel Very Happy got me thinking now,

yes it would be lovely to go back, rons tried to talk me round,
Cool maybe i will one day but to rimini, first,

and yes know what you mean about the preview thing,
looking at my last post, Shocked

anyway get the ferry from hull in july, we are going to start off in eastern europe, poland etc. never been to this region, taking my rottie with us,
mind you anyone broke in i am sure he would show them around Shocked
so much like a baby, we have four pugs and they boss him around Evil or Very Mad , poor teddy, lol
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nickleress wrote:
yes it would be lovely to go back, rons tried to talk me round, Cool maybe i will one day but to rimini, first,


We did that by bike a few years ago, it's right at the end of the motorway from the industrial north so I guess where the Italians go to play. Riccioni is lovely, lots of places to eat, busy, full of life. Sort of Brighton but with Italian style and weather.

It doesn't matter where you go these day, there's scum everywhere. We've all gone soft and "correct" at this end of Europe, no match at all for people who grew up in Bosnia and that region.

And thanks to the useless parasites in Westminster we cannot even cope with our own feral kids.

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speaking from experience
this is a common occurance
in this area
there are other areas to be aware of valencia
tarragona and alicante and burgos
and be wary of pointing to parts of your van indacating
problems with van
and they have been robbing any one with non spanish plates
qiute often

DO NOT STOP
AS UNMARKED CARS WILL NOT HAVE AUTHORITY TO STOP YOU
if you are unsure pull in to petrol station
and if the police want to stop you
they will be at side of road
there is a law that prevents police pulling you over on motorway
its not like uk
for this reason

and if some one does try to get you to pull over
hold up a card in spanish saying you are telephoning the police

be careful out there

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