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

in terms of being worth visiting
Aqua senate
  03/31/18
Bologna > Genoa > Milan > Turin but all of them ar...
Supple den antidepressant drug
  03/31/18
I'm planning a vacation where I visit both SAN MARINO and MO...
Aqua senate
  03/31/18
leave out Turin and do the other 3 but Florence and Siena a...
Supple den antidepressant drug
  03/31/18
already been to Florence Siena is not on the main rail li...
Aqua senate
  03/31/18
Siena is awesome
Supple den antidepressant drug
  03/31/18
http://www.bueker.net/trainspotting/map.php?file=maps/italy/...
Aqua senate
  03/31/18
fair
Supple den antidepressant drug
  03/31/18
Wtf? Milan above all else, maybe Bologna but screw the other...
brass vibrant windowlicker station
  03/31/18
what's cool to do in Bologna
Aqua senate
  03/31/18
Restaurants, drink at euro college bars, Bruno Magli factory...
aggressive associate
  04/01/18
apart from the Duomo and the Scala, and a couple of deliciou...
Supple den antidepressant drug
  03/31/18
that's why I'd spend one day there en route to Monaco and th...
Aqua senate
  03/31/18
Opera, 180 shopping, Sforza castle, last supper, city walls,...
aggressive associate
  04/01/18
I guess I could do the following: Rimini (SAN MARINO) to ...
Aqua senate
  03/31/18
do this one
Supple den antidepressant drug
  03/31/18
that basically makes Milan impossible also all I read abo...
Aqua senate
  03/31/18
Genoa is gritty and urban. If you like that kind of thing go...
pea-brained church building
  04/01/18
Bologna is 180
cyan passionate knife institution
  04/01/18
explain - because of the SCHOLARSHIP of Europe's oldest univ...
Aqua senate
  04/01/18
This itinerary is kind of shitty and seems shrewy. Who tf ca...
appetizing abnormal stage
  04/01/18
Lucca is CRRRRR
alcoholic sanctuary
  04/01/18
wtf I've literally never heard of it. guess I'm gonna resear...
Aqua senate
  04/01/18
i randomly stopped there last time i was in italy and boy am...
alcoholic sanctuary
  04/01/18
please EXPLAIN and ELABORATE
Aqua senate
  04/01/18
its just a beautiful little city, gorgeous architecture, the...
alcoholic sanctuary
  04/01/18
k. it's not on the direct rail line so it would have to be a...
Aqua senate
  04/01/18
maybe not, depends on your priorities
alcoholic sanctuary
  04/01/18
It's on the line bw Pisa and Florence. Prob some commuter li...
appetizing abnormal stage
  04/01/18
Huh, looks like I can get from Bologna to Lucca directly by ...
Aqua senate
  04/01/18
you've never opened up page fucking one of war & peace?
Insane Sable Psychic Personal Credit Line
  04/01/18
lol
Learning disabled thirsty stock car
  04/01/18
No - I was a Crime and Punishment teen
Aqua senate
  04/01/18
Milan is probably best of those four cities if you have to c...
Drunken kitchen karate
  04/01/18
(guy asking why people like trains on a board for autists)
Aqua senate
  04/01/18
fair point. but seriously renting a car in Italy is aweso...
Drunken kitchen karate
  04/01/18
my wife has a rule against driving in other countries
Aqua senate
  04/01/18
it's even the same side of the road! she doesn't have to dri...
Drunken kitchen karate
  04/01/18
she just gets super anxious that we'll violate some foreign ...
Aqua senate
  04/01/18
grow some testicles and then grow a beard because you're don...
Learning disabled thirsty stock car
  04/01/18
...
Big-titted theater
  04/01/18
Milan sucks, it's a dirty industrial city.
at-the-ready new version party of the first part
  04/01/18
what is the CREDITED route to take between San Marino and Mo...
Aqua senate
  04/01/18
Monaco is nothing special and if you're going anytime soon i...
at-the-ready new version party of the first part
  04/01/18
breh, I am a shrew who cares about the number of countries I...
Aqua senate
  04/01/18
"I don't do international travel unless my country coun...
irradiated roast beef
  04/01/18
shit's gonna get really kooky once I visit all the low hangi...
Aqua senate
  04/01/18
Norway sounds nice, but I really enjoy visiting a place repe...
irradiated roast beef
  04/01/18
yeah that's actually my situation too, wife is third trimest...
Aqua senate
  04/01/18
Nice. Where else are you planning to go? Are your itinerarie...
irradiated roast beef
  04/01/18
Not by the hour - typically in 3 hour blocks by the time the...
Aqua senate
  04/01/18
You can base in Bologna which has some tourist stuff and goo...
at-the-ready new version party of the first part
  04/01/18
See above, wife has a rule against driving in other countrie...
Aqua senate
  04/01/18
It's by far the easiest way to get from Bologna to San Marin...
at-the-ready new version party of the first part
  04/01/18
Terrible approach towards life imo
appetizing abnormal stage
  04/01/18
If pressed for time, I'd skip Milan and go here instead: ...
irradiated roast beef
  04/01/18
You obsession with counting countries is TTT and pointless. ...
aggressive associate
  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: Aqua senate

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: Supple den antidepressant drug

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: Aqua senate

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: Supple den antidepressant drug

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: Aqua senate

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: Supple den antidepressant drug

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: Aqua senate

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: Supple den antidepressant drug

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: brass vibrant windowlicker station

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: Aqua senate

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: aggressive associate

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: Supple den antidepressant drug

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: Aqua senate

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: aggressive associate

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: Aqua senate

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: Supple den antidepressant drug

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: Aqua senate

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: pea-brained church building

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: cyan passionate knife institution

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: Aqua senate

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: appetizing abnormal stage

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: alcoholic sanctuary

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: Aqua senate

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: alcoholic sanctuary

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: Aqua senate

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: alcoholic sanctuary

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: Aqua senate

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: alcoholic sanctuary

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: appetizing abnormal stage

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: Aqua senate

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: Insane Sable Psychic Personal Credit Line

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: Learning disabled thirsty stock car

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: Aqua senate

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: Drunken kitchen karate

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: Aqua senate

(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: Drunken kitchen karate

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: Aqua senate

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: Drunken kitchen karate

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: Aqua senate

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: Learning disabled thirsty stock car

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: Big-titted theater



(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: at-the-ready new version party of the first part

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: Aqua senate

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: at-the-ready new version party of the first part

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: Aqua senate

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: irradiated roast beef

"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: Aqua senate

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: irradiated roast beef

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: Aqua senate

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: irradiated roast beef

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: Aqua senate

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: at-the-ready new version party of the first part

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: Aqua senate

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: at-the-ready new version party of the first part

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: appetizing abnormal stage

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: irradiated roast beef

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: aggressive associate

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)