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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"
Ian
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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 no dont remember,
it has been totally formated from our memories,
but would defo boot up should we ever go near
that god forsaken place again did we by mischance blunder into an Albanian or Rom encampment and was really only a dream 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 and the people were very nice and friendly, ofcause we cannot tar them all with the same brush, its like anywere in the world{except an Albanian or Rom encampment } most of the human race are loving normal friendly people, but this place was like nowhere we have visited,
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, and all this to taste real a italian pizza.
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hilldweller so glad your daughter had a nice time, has for the jk rowling novel got me thinking now,
yes it would be lovely to go back, rons tried to talk me round,
maybe i will one day but to rimini, first,
and yes know what you mean about the preview thing,
looking at my last post,
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
so much like a baby, we have four pugs and they boss him around , poor teddy, lol
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yes it would be lovely to go back, rons tried to talk me round, 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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Could we have a translation from a spanish speaker please
Google appears to give
I WILL NOT STOP BUT THAT I WILL FOLLOW YOU THE NEARER POLICE STATION OF POLICE
when translated into spanish and back to english. Bablefish does better but how do you know which is best
The correct expression would probably confer a degree of nous that would put off the criminal element better than a pidgin translation
A
Having read all the advice on this topic I have done the following translation in the languages indicated. I am not a native speaker of these languages, so I don't know how good they are, but having used this particular website to translate emails for business, I would say it would be understood. If you would like to translate your own text, this is where I did it -
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I WILL NOT STOP BUT I WILL DRIVE TO THE NEAREST POLICE STATION / TOWN or SERVICE AREA - I AM CALLING THE POLICE FOR MORE INFORMATION NOW.
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Portuguese
NÃO PARAREI MAS DIRIGIREI À ESTAÇÃO DE POLÍCIA MAIS PRÓXIMA / CIDADE ou ÁREA DE SERVIÇO - ESTOU CHAMANDO A POLÍCIA DE MAIS INFORMAÇÃO AGORA.
Spanish
NO ME PARARÉ PERO CONDUCIRÉ A LA COMISARÍA MÁS CERCANA / CIUDAD O ÁREA DE SERVICIO - yo de la mañana VOCACIÓN DE LA POLICÍA PARA MÁS INFORMACIÓN AHORA.
French
JE NE M'ARRÊTERAI PAS MAIS JE CONDUIRAI AU POSTE DE POLICE LE PLUS PROCHE / LA VILLE ou la ZONE DE SERVICE - J'APPELLE LA POLICE POUR PLUS DE RENSEIGNEMENTS MAINTENANT.
German
Ich WERDE NICHT ANHALTEN, ABER ich WERDE ZUM NÄCHSTEN POLIZEIREVIER / STADT oder SENDEBEREICH FAHREN - ich RUFE DIE POLIZEI FÜR MEHR INFORMATION JETZT.
Italian
NON MI ARRESTERÒ MA GUIDERÒ ALLA STAZIONE di POLIZIA/CITTÀ o ALL'AREA di SERVIZIO PIÙ VICINA - ORA STO DENOMINANDO LA POLIZIA PER PIÙ INFORMAZIONI.
Dutch
IK ZAL NIET OPHOUDEN MAAR IK ZAL AAN HET MEEST DICHTBIJGELEGEN GEBIED VAN HET POLITIEBUREAU/VAN DE STAD OF VAN DE DIENST DRIJVEN - IK ROEP NU DE POLITIE VOOR MEER INFORMATIE.
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I hope this helps. As new motorhomers we will certainly be keeping this to hand when abroad.
We went to Spain by car for our 40th wedding aniversary last year and we were stopped on the motorway at Madrid by fake police. Yes we stopped as they swung in front of us and herde us off the motorway. We were then robbed of our money. We reported it but the police really weren't interested. Having said that we have bought our MH this year and will go back to Spain in it. But this time we are a lot wiser!!
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no dont remember,
from our memories,
did we by mischance blunder into an Albanian or Rom encampment 
and was really only a dream 
and the people were very nice and friendly, 
ofcause we cannot tar them all with the same brush, its like anywere in the world{except an 
Albanian or Rom encampment } most of the human race are loving normal friendly people, but this place was like nowhere we have visited, 
maybe i will one day but to rimini, first,
