Today has been a very pleasant & stress-free day. We decided to set off at 8.00am from the hotel at Imola as we had a journey of about 380 miles to complete to Annecy so wanted to allow plenty of time. The roads were remarkably clear & we got onto open motorway no problem, then started gobbling up the miles. Before we knew it we were over half way there. The weather was a bit mixed at first with spells of fog & the scenery was obliterated, but as we proceeded the weather improved and as we circumnavigated the first part of the Alps the scenery was quite spectacular with beautiful sunshine. We then went through a series of tunnels, stopping briefly for a leg-stretch & to admire the views & photo opportunities before the longest, this being the Tunnel du Frejus which is 10 miles long! It was quite claustraphobic in there, although illuminated, there is nothing in the way of ventilation that we could see, the heat was unbelieveable, obviously we had the windows shut, but the temperature sensor was saying 31 degrees centigrade outside the car! We soon cleared the tunnel for even more spectacular scenery and the most beautiful autumnal colours covering the mountains up to the snow lines. We arrived in Annecy about 2.30pm so made great progress. The hotel is fab, the cars have their own little garages so are tucked up nice & snug & the hotel has free wi-fi – happy days! We’re just chilling out for a bit then going to explore Annecy & find some dinner. Annecy looks like a very pleasant place, we’re off again in the morning, Dijon is our destination tomorrow which is only about 100ish miles so that should be ok – we might even manage a bit of a lie-in tomorrow (forgotten what one of those is!)
Only trouble is, we crossed the border from Italy into France in the Tunnel du Frejus & now we keep trying to speak to the French in Italian! Ah well!
Catch you soon
Au Revoir!
