In the distant past of early 1951 when Vespas were new and the USSR was ruled by the Party with Kruschev as it's head, a lot of "wool" ( read "bull" ) was being pulled over the Russian people's eyes.

A small number of Vespas were on the road in that country.

Having previously owned a Vespa I believed I could pick one.

There were emphatic denials from the locals when I mentioned that the vehicles were Italian Vespas .

No (Nyet !) they were not. They were Ruske Viadkas !!

No stomach to argue in a country with express trains to the gulags!

But that was then.

Cheers

In the distant past of early 1951 when Vespas were new and the USSR was ruled by the Party with Kruschev as it's head, a lot of "wool" ( read "bull" ) was being pulled over the Russian people's eyes.

A small number of Vespas were on the road in that country.

Having previously owned a Vespa I believed I could pick one.

There were emphatic denials from the locals when I mentioned that the vehicles were Italian Vespas .

No (Nyet !) they were not. They were Ruske Viadkas !!

No stomach to argue in a country with express trains to the gulags!

But that was then.

Cheers

It was so long ago that the decades became blurred. The above tale relates to 1961 - not 1951. Sorry !

Reading about the Vespa exhibition yesterday brought the memory (even if faltering !) back to me.

Cheers

Not Thailand-related.