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Btwin bicycle - Italy trip crisis

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Old 08-06-17, 02:03 AM
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Funny that my taxi driver to the store to buy this wicked cheapo bike shook his head at my story about the contradictory info from Alitalia and said "typical". Only in Italy.

Loving it here despite the very high temps and no A/C (104F)! October should be very nice.

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Good info., and thanks for a follow thru update.

Hope you have a great stay, love Italy, will be back in October for my fourth visit.
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What you could've done is order a canyon shipped to the hotel. Then, take it home in the same shipping box, and sell it in the US to recoup the costs

You may even be able to claim back the VAT at the airport
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