Malcolm in the Metro

Special Edition! Italy - Bikeshow and All Black Test

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December 9th 2009
Special Edition - Milano Bike Show and All Blacks! Being so handy to Europe here, and with the Milan Bike Show on in November, a tempting opportunity presented itself to catch up with a Kiwi motorcycle dealer mate, and to see all the latest models unveiled (and the bikes)! Malcolm has been going for years and I’ve always thought…”Wow, one day….”, - and so it became a pipe-dream… On ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lombardy » Milan

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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