Current location : Venice, Italy (Google map)
Last entry date : 14 April 2008

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Today, the plan was to make a morning visit of Cremona. Its starting to sound like a vacation. A brief visit is still a visit and an occasion to get a glimpse of the city’s culture and history. Venice was about 2 hours ride away. Along the way we got to see the industrial heartland of northern Italy, with industries doted along the straight highway. Quite monotone to the eye but the traffic was dense. Its my impression that the inner highway lane appears to be a pilot’s test lane. Italian motorists seemed to use this lane to ram up to the max speed possible their flashy cars would allow. Cars are cruising on this lane easily up to 180km/hr. We need to get from A to B safely, better stick to the outside lane.
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Current location : Cremona, Italy (Google map) Last entry date : 14 April 2008 [english]1st pit stop of the journey And the weatherman was right. Saturday was looking like a great day to start a long journey. The morning’s weather was cool and no dark clouds in sight. What we did not want was to […]

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