Italian Holiday 2009

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My wife and I used to dine out once a month with an old friend and and during the conversation we told him that we were going on holiday to Italy the following day. He replied that his daughter whom we had not seen for many years had gone to Italy the day before but did not know where. A few days into our holiday in Garda we took the boat to Bardolino. Walking up the main street from the pier after getting off the boat I heard a voice shouting "Joe" and turning round who should it be but our friend's daughter.
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