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RANK these Italian cities: Bologna, Milan, Turin, Genoa

in terms of being worth visiting
bearded adventurous theatre
  03/31/18
Bologna > Genoa > Milan > Turin but all of them ar...
Brindle Nursing Home Athletic Conference
  03/31/18
I'm planning a vacation where I visit both SAN MARINO and MO...
bearded adventurous theatre
  03/31/18
leave out Turin and do the other 3 but Florence and Siena a...
Brindle Nursing Home Athletic Conference
  03/31/18
already been to Florence Siena is not on the main rail li...
bearded adventurous theatre
  03/31/18
Siena is awesome
Brindle Nursing Home Athletic Conference
  03/31/18
http://www.bueker.net/trainspotting/map.php?file=maps/italy/...
bearded adventurous theatre
  03/31/18
fair
Brindle Nursing Home Athletic Conference
  03/31/18
Wtf? Milan above all else, maybe Bologna but screw the other...
Frisky institution private investor
  03/31/18
what's cool to do in Bologna
bearded adventurous theatre
  03/31/18
Restaurants, drink at euro college bars, Bruno Magli factory...
sticky kitchen half-breed
  04/01/18
apart from the Duomo and the Scala, and a couple of deliciou...
Brindle Nursing Home Athletic Conference
  03/31/18
that's why I'd spend one day there en route to Monaco and th...
bearded adventurous theatre
  03/31/18
Opera, 180 shopping, Sforza castle, last supper, city walls,...
sticky kitchen half-breed
  04/01/18
I guess I could do the following: Rimini (SAN MARINO) to ...
bearded adventurous theatre
  03/31/18
do this one
Brindle Nursing Home Athletic Conference
  03/31/18
that basically makes Milan impossible also all I read abo...
bearded adventurous theatre
  03/31/18
Genoa is gritty and urban. If you like that kind of thing go...
nudist fragrant spot famous landscape painting
  04/01/18
Bologna is 180
chocolate stage rigpig
  04/01/18
explain - because of the SCHOLARSHIP of Europe's oldest univ...
bearded adventurous theatre
  04/01/18
This itinerary is kind of shitty and seems shrewy. Who tf ca...
Soul-stirring Grizzly Volcanic Crater
  04/01/18
Lucca is CRRRRR
provocative school cafeteria
  04/01/18
wtf I've literally never heard of it. guess I'm gonna resear...
bearded adventurous theatre
  04/01/18
i randomly stopped there last time i was in italy and boy am...
provocative school cafeteria
  04/01/18
please EXPLAIN and ELABORATE
bearded adventurous theatre
  04/01/18
its just a beautiful little city, gorgeous architecture, the...
provocative school cafeteria
  04/01/18
k. it's not on the direct rail line so it would have to be a...
bearded adventurous theatre
  04/01/18
maybe not, depends on your priorities
provocative school cafeteria
  04/01/18
It's on the line bw Pisa and Florence. Prob some commuter li...
Soul-stirring Grizzly Volcanic Crater
  04/01/18
Huh, looks like I can get from Bologna to Lucca directly by ...
bearded adventurous theatre
  04/01/18
you've never opened up page fucking one of war & peace?
up-to-no-good abode toaster
  04/01/18
lol
bateful painfully honest lodge
  04/01/18
No - I was a Crime and Punishment teen
bearded adventurous theatre
  04/01/18
Milan is probably best of those four cities if you have to c...
filthy prole set
  04/01/18
(guy asking why people like trains on a board for autists)
bearded adventurous theatre
  04/01/18
fair point. but seriously renting a car in Italy is aweso...
filthy prole set
  04/01/18
my wife has a rule against driving in other countries
bearded adventurous theatre
  04/01/18
it's even the same side of the road! she doesn't have to dri...
filthy prole set
  04/01/18
she just gets super anxious that we'll violate some foreign ...
bearded adventurous theatre
  04/01/18
grow some testicles and then grow a beard because you're don...
bateful painfully honest lodge
  04/01/18
...
razzmatazz piazza
  04/01/18
Milan sucks, it's a dirty industrial city.
arousing hall jap
  04/01/18
what is the CREDITED route to take between San Marino and Mo...
bearded adventurous theatre
  04/01/18
Monaco is nothing special and if you're going anytime soon i...
arousing hall jap
  04/01/18
breh, I am a shrew who cares about the number of countries I...
bearded adventurous theatre
  04/01/18
"I don't do international travel unless my country coun...
Red pervert
  04/01/18
shit's gonna get really kooky once I visit all the low hangi...
bearded adventurous theatre
  04/01/18
Norway sounds nice, but I really enjoy visiting a place repe...
Red pervert
  04/01/18
yeah that's actually my situation too, wife is third trimest...
bearded adventurous theatre
  04/01/18
Nice. Where else are you planning to go? Are your itinerarie...
Red pervert
  04/01/18
Not by the hour - typically in 3 hour blocks by the time the...
bearded adventurous theatre
  04/01/18
You can base in Bologna which has some tourist stuff and goo...
arousing hall jap
  04/01/18
See above, wife has a rule against driving in other countrie...
bearded adventurous theatre
  04/01/18
It's by far the easiest way to get from Bologna to San Marin...
arousing hall jap
  04/01/18
Terrible approach towards life imo
Soul-stirring Grizzly Volcanic Crater
  04/01/18
If pressed for time, I'd skip Milan and go here instead: ...
Red pervert
  04/01/18
You obsession with counting countries is TTT and pointless. ...
sticky kitchen half-breed
  04/01/18
...
Matthias of Redwall Did Nothing Wrong #Cornflower
  01/28/26


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Date: March 31st, 2018 10:51 PM
Author: bearded adventurous theatre

in terms of being worth visiting

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35734347)



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Date: March 31st, 2018 10:53 PM
Author: Brindle Nursing Home Athletic Conference

Bologna > Genoa > Milan > Turin

but all of them are in the 2nd tier of visit-worthy cities

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35734358)



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Date: March 31st, 2018 10:54 PM
Author: bearded adventurous theatre

I'm planning a vacation where I visit both SAN MARINO and MONACO, and these places are kinda inbetween

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35734363)



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Date: March 31st, 2018 11:00 PM
Author: Brindle Nursing Home Athletic Conference

leave out Turin and do the other 3

but Florence and Siena are just as much or even more "in between" than Milan and FAR better places to visit than Milan

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35734395)



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Date: March 31st, 2018 11:01 PM
Author: bearded adventurous theatre

already been to Florence

Siena is not on the main rail line the way the other places are, but I can consult the rail maps again to verify

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35734400)



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Date: March 31st, 2018 11:01 PM
Author: Brindle Nursing Home Athletic Conference

Siena is awesome

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35734408)



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Date: March 31st, 2018 11:03 PM
Author: bearded adventurous theatre

http://www.bueker.net/trainspotting/map.php?file=maps/italy/italy.gif

Siena may be awesome, but it's significantly out of the way for my trip

For SAN MARINO, I will be in Rimini. There is basically a straight line of high speed rail connecting Rimini to Bologna and Milan. From Milan, you can get to Monaco most directly via Genoa.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35734416)



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Date: March 31st, 2018 11:05 PM
Author: Brindle Nursing Home Athletic Conference

fair

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35734426)



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Date: March 31st, 2018 11:03 PM
Author: Frisky institution private investor

Wtf? Milan above all else, maybe Bologna but screw the others

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35734412)



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Date: March 31st, 2018 11:03 PM
Author: bearded adventurous theatre

what's cool to do in Bologna

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35734417)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 8:21 PM
Author: sticky kitchen half-breed

Restaurants, drink at euro college bars, Bruno Magli factory/outlet, Ducati museum.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35739115)



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Date: March 31st, 2018 11:04 PM
Author: Brindle Nursing Home Athletic Conference

apart from the Duomo and the Scala, and a couple of delicious veal dishes, what else is there to see in Milan? answer: not much

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35734424)



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Date: March 31st, 2018 11:06 PM
Author: bearded adventurous theatre

that's why I'd spend one day there en route to Monaco and then for the rest of my life be able to say I've been to Milan

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35734433)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 8:18 PM
Author: sticky kitchen half-breed

Opera, 180 shopping, Sforza castle, last supper, city walls, nice parks to stroll through.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35739089)



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Date: March 31st, 2018 11:38 PM
Author: bearded adventurous theatre

I guess I could do the following:

Rimini (SAN MARINO) to Bologna

Bologna to Pisa

Pisa to Cinque Terre

Cinque Terre to Genoa

Genoa to MONACO

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35734632)



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Date: March 31st, 2018 11:41 PM
Author: Brindle Nursing Home Athletic Conference

do this one

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35734646)



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Date: March 31st, 2018 11:42 PM
Author: bearded adventurous theatre

that basically makes Milan impossible

also all I read about Genoa says its kind of a dump so maybe we just blow past it straight to Monaco

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35734650)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 12:00 AM
Author: nudist fragrant spot famous landscape painting

Genoa is gritty and urban. If you like that kind of thing go spend a day there walking through the maze of the old city and eating pesto and those anise cookies the nuns make. If you like fancier shit go to Milan instead and shop and eat a nice dinner by the canals.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35734795)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 1:09 AM
Author: chocolate stage rigpig

Bologna is 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35735158)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 8:08 AM
Author: bearded adventurous theatre

explain - because of the SCHOLARSHIP of Europe's oldest university?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35735682)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 4:16 AM
Author: Soul-stirring Grizzly Volcanic Crater

This itinerary is kind of shitty and seems shrewy. Who tf cares about San Marino? Looks like you're racking up country visits.

Id stick to bologna maybe Verona. Pisa is a dump but you sound like a shrew so go get your selfie. Lucca is really lovely on the way to Pisa.

I actually find Turin interesting but Genoa is a typical Port dump. Nothing in Milan either.

(not claiming to be an expert)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35735515)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 8:28 AM
Author: provocative school cafeteria

Lucca is CRRRRR

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35735691)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 8:33 AM
Author: bearded adventurous theatre

wtf I've literally never heard of it. guess I'm gonna research it now.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35735696)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 8:35 AM
Author: provocative school cafeteria

i randomly stopped there last time i was in italy and boy am i glad i did

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35735698)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 8:36 AM
Author: bearded adventurous theatre

please EXPLAIN and ELABORATE

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35735700)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 8:40 AM
Author: provocative school cafeteria

its just a beautiful little city, gorgeous architecture, the city is surrounded by renaissance era walls. pace is generally pretty chill but there is cool stuff to see. idk i liked it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35735708)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 8:40 AM
Author: bearded adventurous theatre

k. it's not on the direct rail line so it would have to be a day trip from Pisa? Do I really want to spend 2 days on Pisa, one a day trip to Lucca? Seems excessive.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35735711)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 8:43 AM
Author: provocative school cafeteria

maybe not, depends on your priorities

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35735714)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 8:53 AM
Author: Soul-stirring Grizzly Volcanic Crater

It's on the line bw Pisa and Florence. Prob some commuter line. But easy to get to. It's much nicer than Pisa and there's no reason to spend more than 20 minutes in pisa

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35735735)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 8:56 AM
Author: bearded adventurous theatre

Huh, looks like I can get from Bologna to Lucca directly by train.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35735737)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 5:30 PM
Author: up-to-no-good abode toaster

you've never opened up page fucking one of war & peace?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35738034)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 5:37 PM
Author: bateful painfully honest lodge

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35738058)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 5:39 PM
Author: bearded adventurous theatre

No - I was a Crime and Punishment teen

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35738066)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 10:40 AM
Author: filthy prole set

Milan is probably best of those four cities if you have to choose. It can't compare to Florence/Venice/Rome but it's really nice and it feels more like a real modern city that people live in rather than a museum. If you go, get tickets to see Leonardo's Last Supper mural in advance (will likely have to be as part of some kind of tour), because you probably won't be able to get them on the day.

Also, why are you so focused on taking trains? You'd have way more fun if you rented a car. And why Monaco - there's nothing to do there except drink a $15 Heineken while looking at parked yachts. They don't even give you free drinks in the casino. The best thing to do in Monaco is leave to either France or Italy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35736058)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 10:40 AM
Author: bearded adventurous theatre

(guy asking why people like trains on a board for autists)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35736060)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 10:43 AM
Author: filthy prole set

fair point.

but seriously renting a car in Italy is awesome.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35736073)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 10:44 AM
Author: bearded adventurous theatre

my wife has a rule against driving in other countries

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35736076)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 10:59 AM
Author: filthy prole set

it's even the same side of the road! she doesn't have to drive...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35736149)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 11:00 AM
Author: bearded adventurous theatre

she just gets super anxious that we'll violate some foreign traffic law we don't know about or something like that. she'll have an anxiety attack in the back seat.

totally irrational, but marriage means I have to treat irrational fears seriously

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35736153)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 5:38 PM
Author: bateful painfully honest lodge

grow some testicles and then grow a beard because you're done here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35738062)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 9:47 PM
Author: razzmatazz piazza



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35739776)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 10:40 AM
Author: arousing hall jap

Milan sucks, it's a dirty industrial city.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35736061)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 10:41 AM
Author: bearded adventurous theatre

what is the CREDITED route to take between San Marino and Monaco, then.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35736064)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 10:42 AM
Author: arousing hall jap

Monaco is nothing special and if you're going anytime soon it will be dead. Unless you're already going to be near San Marino, there's no real reason to visit. It seems like it's an afternoon at most to see.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35736067)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 10:43 AM
Author: bearded adventurous theatre

breh, I am a shrew who cares about the number of countries I've been to. I've already been to Italy once before (Rome/Florence/Naples) and if I go back to Italy, it's gotta include San Marino and Monaco so I can at least say I've picked up additional countries on the trip.

I don't do international travel unless my country count increases.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35736071)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 10:45 AM
Author: Red pervert

"I don't do international travel unless my country count increases."

disgusting!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35736083)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 10:47 AM
Author: bearded adventurous theatre

shit's gonna get really kooky once I visit all the low hanging fruit

one of these days I'm gonna fly to London with a 1 day stopover in Oslo or something weird like that just to add another country

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35736091)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 10:51 AM
Author: Red pervert

Norway sounds nice, but I really enjoy visiting a place repeatedly and getting to know it better each time. With a kid on the way, though, I doubt I'll be flying anywhere for the next 5 years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35736104)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 10:52 AM
Author: bearded adventurous theatre

yeah that's actually my situation too, wife is third trimester pregnant

but I love planning trips. this trip is going into a spreadsheet with like 5 other vacations that I have already planned out and won't be able to take until 2019 - 2020 at the earliest lol

I give them German style code names like "Case Dandalo"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35736122)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 10:57 AM
Author: Red pervert

Nice. Where else are you planning to go? Are your itineraries packed by the hour?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35736138)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 10:59 AM
Author: bearded adventurous theatre

Not by the hour - typically in 3 hour blocks by the time they are fully fleshed out

Currently I have plans for Iceland/Ireland, Netherlands/Belgium/Paris, two different Southeast Asia itineraries, and this new San Marino/Monaco one this thread is about

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35736151)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 10:48 AM
Author: arousing hall jap

You can base in Bologna which has some tourist stuff and good restaurants, rent a car to drive to San Marino for the day and fly out of BLQ (prob via FCO) to NCE and go from there to Monaco by train. Why not just go to a few more interesting Euro countries you haven't seen yet? I am going to Kosovo, San Marino, Malta and Andorra on a quick trip between NY and Paris. Can share itin if you're interested.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35736099)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 10:51 AM
Author: bearded adventurous theatre

See above, wife has a rule against driving in other countries

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35736103)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 10:53 AM
Author: arousing hall jap

It's by far the easiest way to get from Bologna to San Marino, otherwise you have to take a combo of trains and buses. You could always hire a driver if wife won't let you drivemo it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35736126)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 10:51 AM
Author: Soul-stirring Grizzly Volcanic Crater

Terrible approach towards life imo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35736111)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 10:45 AM
Author: Red pervert

If pressed for time, I'd skip Milan and go here instead:

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2012/mar/09/italy-lake-orta-unspoilt

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35736080)



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Date: April 1st, 2018 8:23 PM
Author: sticky kitchen half-breed

You obsession with counting countries is TTT and pointless. You’d have a much better time if you weren’t an autist.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#35739126)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:59 PM
Author: Matthias of Redwall Did Nothing Wrong #Cornflower



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3935282&forum_id=2]#49627975)