We set the alarm for 5, and were outside the garage where are car had been stored soon after 5.30, even after getting lost and having to retrace our steps. "Tout les temps" they said, but the door was shut and there was no sign of life inside. We found a bell and rang it. After a very long five minutes the door opened and eventually our car appeared.
We took a couple of wrong turns, obeying the gps prematurely, but found our way out of Paris. We drove through beautiful countryside for several hours, admiring the villages. Our route took us high into the mountains, and through the outskirts of Geneva. We went from motorway to two lane road, to single lane, then stopped. We could not tell why, but as we inched slowly up the hill we saw a sign that seemed to imply that the next 2km would take an hour, not that it gave any indication of why. Sure enough, half an hour later, we crept past a sign saying half an hour for the next km! We did know that we were heading for a tunnel through Mont Blanc, and thought perhaps it was one way. When we finally got to the tunnel entrance we found toll gates, and had to pay €35 to get through. Amazing! Surely someone could think of a better way to get people through! It was a looong tunnel! Many kilometres.
After that we travelled through some stunningly beautiful Italian mountain villages punctuated by dozetunic tunnels, some as long as 3km. Not Ann's cup of tea!
It was difficult to capture at speed with Ann's phone! As you can see, the weather was also exciting! We travelled through thunder and lightning, and some very heavy showers. We thought things would improve when we reached the Italian coastline....
;-) Ann-a-Gram
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