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Northern Italy, the Phrase Book and Hand Signals

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October 16th 2005
Italian Autostrada, Smog and Trucks 14/10/05 - The Mont Blanc tunnel made world news a while back due to the fact that 24 people died in there when a truck caught alight. Our trip through was much safer, although we almost died when we got hit with the 30 euro toll to make the trip through. On entering the tunnel you tune your radio to the traffic station and they welcome you to the tunnel in Fr ... read more

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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