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Re: Is all of Italy closed on April 25? Posted on: Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:41:19 EET


"Giovanni Drogo" kirjoitti
viestissä:alpine.LSU.1.00.0802011002230.11358@cbfrvqba.ynzoengr.vans.vg...
> On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Gord Pope wrote:
>
>> Hi, I am arriving in Livorno on April 25 ...
>>
>> I have heard that April 25 is a major Italian holiday and everything is
>> closed. Including some car rental places and perhaps many museums and or
>> other interesting places to see.
>
> April 25 is Liberation Day, celebrating the end of WWII. It's also usually
> one of the spring holiday "bridges" when many people take short vacations.
> This year, with Easter being "low" in March when weather is not yet so
> good, and with April 25 on a Friday, it's likely to be the first real
> "bridge".
>
It is also my name day, so I guess all of Italy will be flagged.