July 30th - Italy Extends Quarantine
Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast
The Independent
3.6 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2021
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
France looks set be upgraded from its amber plus loneliness.
Italy extends the quarantine spell for British holidaymakers.
And Saudi Arabia opens up to tourists once again. Should you go?
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| 0:00.0 | Right, birthday party, the big 30th. |
| 0:03.3 | Although, is it more like 40th? |
| 0:06.1 | Hmm, best go generic. |
| 0:08.0 | Something fizzy? |
| 0:09.2 | Oh, along with everyone else. |
| 0:10.9 | Flowers? |
| 0:11.7 | Symbolic of blooming into a new era. |
| 0:14.4 | Ugh. |
| 0:15.4 | No, come on. |
| 0:16.4 | Something more exciting. |
| 0:18.8 | Something like. |
| 0:20.8 | I'll take a two million red scratch card please. Add some play |
| 0:24.6 | with National Lottery Scratch cards. Search Dream big, play small rules and procedures apply. Players must be 18 or over. |
| 0:32.3 | Hello, it's Friday the 30th of July. Yes, Friday. 30th, July, almost in August, almost at the weekend. |
| 0:41.3 | And thank you for joining me for the latest on travel and destinations from the Green List |
| 0:46.8 | and the travel desk of the Independent. Today, I always hesitate about predicting what's |
| 0:53.6 | going to happen with the traffic light changes, |
| 0:55.8 | but I reckon that France is set to be upgraded from its amber plus loneliness. |
| 1:03.2 | Italy extends the quarantine spell for British holidaymakers, |
| 1:07.4 | and Saudi Arabia opens up to tourists once again. |
| 1:12.5 | Should you go? |
| 1:13.7 | Of course this podcast is completely free. |
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