Category: Road Trip to Anywhere – France, Italy, ? 2022
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Day 5 – Avigliana. Big Lake and Little Lake(Lago Grande and Lago Piccolo)
Lago Grande and Lago Piccolo sound much more romantic but they are basically called Big Lake and Little Lake. Not terribly imaginative but there you go. We decided an 8 mile potter to the lakes was in order today, rather than another 14 mile, 900m of ascent, hiking marathon. I have developed a rather revolting…
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Day 4 – Avigliana. A hike to Sacra di San Michele
The Appartamento Palazzo dei Duchi’s golden touch even managed to help me get 8 hours of unbroken sleep. I love this place. I also love shutters on windows. Sleeping in total darkness is wonderful. I could sleep until 4pm and have no idea of the time. Today we decided to hike to the abbey Sacra…
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Day 3 – Macon to Avilgliana
Budget Ibis turned out to be a real find. Our hotel was between a motorway, a major road and close to a main railway. Didn’t hear a thing. Plus we were able to have a second visit to Carrefour mega/hyper/absolutely huge store and buy loads of stuff. Heaven. We hit the road again, really quite…
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Day 2 – Saint Quentin to Macon Crèches
Getting out of our chambre d’hôte was even more tricky than getting in. Lugging a heavy suitcase while descending a spiral staircase should be an Olympic event except it’s probably too dangerous. We were on our way after a quick stop at the local Intermarche to buy lunch and fill up with petrol. I really…
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The Road to Anywhere- France, Italy and ? Road Trip 2022
Day 1. Home -Saint Quentin, France At last, freedom has more or less returned and it has become possible again to travel from country to country within Europe without enormous hassle. Cue car loaded and ready for action. But where to? Anywhere that’ll have us. First stop France, on our way to Liguria to walk…
Middle-aged flash packers 