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How To Retire Without Money
By Bob Belmont
CHAPTER 11 ITALY
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In Italy
itself you'll find transportation as good as anywhere in
Europe. The Italian Airlines have a fine reputation. The
Italian railroads are among the fastest and most efficient in
Europe, particularly if you go first class on one of the
Rapido trains. Second class, on the slower trains, is almost
invariably packed to the gills. You're best off booking
reserved tickets ahead of time.
Bus services
in Italy are unrivaled anywhere in the world. The CIAT buses
are absolutely luxurious what with hostess, snack bars,
lavatories, glass roofs, air conditioning—everything except a
floorshow. The country is covered in extraordinary detail with
bus lines, particularly with the foreigner in mind since
tourism is one of Italy's most basic industries and has been
for centuries.
Main highways
total over 30,000 miles and Italy is easily seen by car,
motorcycle, scooter or even bicycle. Every facility is
available for the traveler and service stations are
everywhere. There are even special pumps for scooters which
supply gas properly mixed with oil. In fact, since gas is
relatively expensive in Italy, as it is everywhere in Europe,
there are considerably more scooters and motorbikes on the
roads than there are cars.
If you plan
to enter Italy by car, or any other private vehicle, send for
the pamphlet Visit Italy In Motor Car which is distributed
free by the tourist offices. This gives you a complete rundown
including a road map of the country.
THE ITALIANS.
Sowehow or other many of we Americans have picked up the idea
that all Italians are short, dark of complexion, highly
excitable, of criminal tendency and make second rate citizens.
Why this should be, I don't know, unless it is because a large
percentage of Italians who have migrated to the United States
came from poverty stricken Sicily or from the equally poverty
stricken areas about Naples.
Actually,
Italy is almost as great a melting pot of nations as is our
own country. There are a good many tall blondes in the north
in those sections over which the Germanic tribes rolled to
overthrow the Roman power. There are a great many red heads in
the more central Rome area, and, in the deep south we find the
shorter statured, dark complected Italians.
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