Un iversity of Milan, Italy An Italian student was given the cold shoulder last month after hitchhiking 1,250 miles to see the Swedish girl he fell in love with on his gap year in America. After going missing for three weeks, he was picked up by police at a service station only 110 miles from his destination. But after the girl’s father agreed to pick him up, he found himself being driven straight to the airport – as his Swedish girlfriend had decided he was nothing more than a forgotten holiday romance.ARCHIVE: 0th Week MT2003