My truck and the Julian Alps

"I think I gave her the willies"

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December 12th 2009
22nd March '09: Just in case you were worrying, a train did eventually arrive in Milan - with me on it. Sunburned AC/DC truckers, with cheerful dispositions, proved what good weather I had missed by fooling about attempting to scale glaciers. Today, too, is sunny, yet is spent driving and dealing with a menopausal harridan of a policewoman. She could of course be a lesbian but I think it more ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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