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Reply #45 - 07/23/25 at 10:32:35
 
The white one is a XEV Yoyo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XEV_Yoyo which is an EV from Hong Kong. It's one of the few EVs with a swappable battery pack.

The gray one is a Citroën Ami: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_Ami_%28electric_vehicle%29. It's a Quadricycle which means the driver doesn't need a license to drive a car.

The little red car is a Smart Roadster Brabus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Roadster.

I had to look up the Smart and the Citroën . I read about the Yoyo a couple of years ago since I've been researching EVs since I'm considering one as my winter vehicle when my Corolla finally dies.
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Reply #46 - Yesterday at 21:44:13
 
Thanks sjaskow for the information on the cars.  I would not have known what to look for - a lot of the symbols on the cars are not anything I have seen before.

I have see a lot of Jeep Wranglers here - many of them electric.  I have also seen a lot of Ford cars - only 2 small Chevrolet cars.  I saw one older car that looked incredibly like a mid 80's Chrysler K car - but it was an Opel.

Yesterday I saw an Aprillia.  I had expected to see more of these - this is the only one I have seen.
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Reply #47 - Yesterday at 22:01:11
 
Yesterday we went for a short (2.6 mile round trip) hike that went up a very steep hill and was pretty challenging.  At the top were WWI trenches and bunkers that have been maintained and were in good shape.  The bunkers had several gun positions, barracks, ammunition storage.....and we even found the latrine that was built over a small stream!

The trenches covered a large area and the gun positions where oriented toward Lake Como and the town of Menagio.  The gun bunkers were somewhat concealed in that they were located in a rock cliff and blended in with the native rock.  It was an extensive facility and the trenches covered a larger area.

We also saw a church where one local told us Mussolini had been executed in WWII.  He was fleeing the advancing American troupes and trying to reach Switzerland which is on the north side of the mountains from Lake Como.  He was reportedly recognized in Dongo and the Italian military executed him at the church.  His body was then taken to Milan and was on public display so the people would know he was dead.

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Reply #48 - Yesterday at 23:05:02
 
This is our last day in Italy.  We will be leaving Lake Como around 1AM to drive to the airport and begin our long journey home.  We leave Italy at 6AM and have a 4 hour layover in France, then an 8 hour flight to Cincinnati.

Italy has been great.  There have been some challenges as even simple things can be confusing.  Door knobs, light switches and toilets all operate differently than in the US.  Public transportation (busses, trams, ferry boats) has been somewhat frustrating - two days ago we bought round trip tickets on the bus and we got out but had no luck getting back.....apparently the busses were full and 2 of them just passed right by without stopping (we had to take a Taxi home).  The signage and directions are just not complete enough for people who are not familiar with the system, and it is easy to do the wrong thing and end up walking!

The one thing I am not going to miss is the drivers and traffic  The drivers here are far more aggressive and in a much bigger hurry than the drivers in the rural area I come from (some US cities may be as aggressive as Italian drivers).

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