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Day 6: Rome, Italy to Archamps, France
25 September 2007
I know, it’s not really the rally anymore, but I’m still hammering the car for all it’s worth in order to make it back to the UK in under two days.
Today was interesting. Leaving Rome at 9:30am after Juliana had taken the hotel bus to the airport, I’d travelled around 5km by 10:30am. From there things got better, if less interesting. The motorway network from Rome to Genoa was efficient, if not cheap and interesting.
However, that all changed once I was past Genoa, as the roads became a real joy to drive. Little traffic, high speeds, long flowing twists and turns, tunnels, massive bridges and mountains all made life very interesting. As I started my eighth hour behind the wheel, I was as fresh as when I started. Working up towards Mont Blanc, the mountains got bigger and scarier, unlike the big but pretty mountains Switzerland. As I hit the Mont Blanc tunnel the sun was just drifting towards the horizon, and the weather was cool but dry. As I came out the other side it was as dark as possible and torrential rain. Welcome to France.
A short 90 minute blast to Archamps, just south of Geneva got me to the hotel just in time for some sleep before I do it all again tomorrow.
The car covered 990km in around 12 hours with one major failure. The air-con has now died, along with all the other heating and ventilation controls.
Today was interesting. Leaving Rome at 9:30am after Juliana had taken the hotel bus to the airport, I’d travelled around 5km by 10:30am. From there things got better, if less interesting. The motorway network from Rome to Genoa was efficient, if not cheap and interesting.
However, that all changed once I was past Genoa, as the roads became a real joy to drive. Little traffic, high speeds, long flowing twists and turns, tunnels, massive bridges and mountains all made life very interesting. As I started my eighth hour behind the wheel, I was as fresh as when I started. Working up towards Mont Blanc, the mountains got bigger and scarier, unlike the big but pretty mountains Switzerland. As I hit the Mont Blanc tunnel the sun was just drifting towards the horizon, and the weather was cool but dry. As I came out the other side it was as dark as possible and torrential rain. Welcome to France.
A short 90 minute blast to Archamps, just south of Geneva got me to the hotel just in time for some sleep before I do it all again tomorrow.
The car covered 990km in around 12 hours with one major failure. The air-con has now died, along with all the other heating and ventilation controls.
Labels: Staples2Naples 07
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