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This is John Batchel, speaking with my good friend Lorenzo Fiori in Milan.

He's the president of the Societal Del Jardino, an old club very old,

down in the center of Milan near the cathedral,

across from the opera, holding a big dinner, as they do. He's going to send me a picture.

However, what's important to know about the peninsula? It's 95 degrees, very hot, not even summer yet.

Lorenzo wonders what's ahead. Is Lorenzo Fiori on the temperature in Milan, a beautiful, very famous and extremely popular city. Now in a heat wave. More of

this tonight. Lorenzo. Good evening, John.

Good evening to all radio listener.

You make me laughing because it's very, very hot.

And we are just the beginning of summer, 95 Fahrenheit degrees here in Milan, but more or less, this is the situation across all the peninsula from the very north to the very

south. I mean, if the very north to the very south.

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