We Left Milano this morning about 11:00am and did a side trip to Lake Como- and sorry ladies we did not have any George Clooney sitings there. I can see why he would have a summer place there, beautiful area with incredible views. We sat by the lake shore and enjoyed a gelato and watched a seaplane take off and another one land about 15 minutes later.
Not sure what I have ever done to the Alps but we had rain for the whole drive through them again today. The big difference today though was that we took the more direct and less windy route versus the route taken by Hannibal. The route included a 17km tunnel that goes straight through a mountain at an elevation over 3000ft up. Still had many spectacular views and saw countless waterfalls that drop 100's of feet, just incredible.
Had lunch in a little town in Switzerland called Buochs on one of the lakes as we were taking a lot of backroads through little villages. When you leave Switzerland and keep heading north you weave back and forth across the German/French border many, many times. Often the only way you know which country you are in is based on the road signs- and even then you cannot be sure.
We stopped at a Pizzeria in Avolsheim France for dinner, very cute local place where everyone said hi to us when they were leaving. While we were having dinner the heaviest of the rainfall stopped which was really appreciated since we still had 4 more hours of driving. Needed to gas up the car so we pulled into a self service station that is open 24/7 but does not have anyone there in the evening, not a big deal except the machine would not accept foreign credit cards. Luckily a local resident pulled in to fill up her car, asked if she could help- which she did by reading the messages that were in French for us. She ended up using her credit card to purchase our gas and we then gave her cash. I have a very good impression of the French following this trip.
We made it to our hotel in Luxembourg at 11:30pm- long day of driving and eating. We ended up having 3 deserts today so it was a good day.
1- Gelato on Lake Como
2- a fruit type cake in Buochs
3- Tiramissou in Avolsheim
The tally for this trip is 7 countries and 2 principalities. We have driven over 1300 miles and crossed the Alps twice.
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