Yesterday now !! I went to Turin / ToooRan / Torino yesterday
Passenger with himself ! Awesome to spend loads of time with him, but damn that jump seat/suicide seat/guide seat is NOT the most comfortable place to sit for a few hours !!! I think I needed shorter legs and a smaller arse
Didn't do much walking around - dropped the passengers for a market and then parked a bit further away and walked back for coffee, met other drivers for coffee, then we all went for lunch, then chilled by the river till the passengers were ready to go back. Did a quick (ish - herding cats comes to mind!) stop in Sousa for cheap cigarettes and booze (apparently!) then back to the start point! madness, but lovely
Nice and gentle sunrise at the pick up point
At the coffee stop half way a load of British cars turned up all wrapped with weird themes (!!) - apparently just a trip through France, Germany and (maybe) Austria then returning to the uk on Monday!! They all seemed to be having a great laugh. When I asked about the wrapping; they said that the cars are all pretty old and were very cheap when they were bought, so it's just a bit of fun
No idea what they threw in that last car or why, but I did get quite a bit of stick about Brits coming over and leaving a load of shit everywhere in the parking area
Just stunning views on this motorway!!
I was looking the wrong direction when OH called out "cascades, cascades" !! The best of the awful photos of one of the mountain waterfalls !
Didn't think I'd managed to get a pic of this sign! the next pic show it better - no cycles, horse and carts or handcarts
I do love how so many of the European cities and towns have roads lined with trees. I suppose it's cos they have a warmer climate but it is bloody lovely to look at (better without the reflection through the windscreen, but where we parked I didnt get a chance to take a better photo!!)
Some of the architecture was just lovely - some was modern and much less lovely! I could probably spend a lot of time walking around looking up at the buildings, luckily I had someone holding my hand so I could do a bit of that with less risk than normal!!
I tried cockles for the first time ever (that was interesting, himself trying to explain and me having almost no idea what I was about to eat
), never thought the first time would be in a spaghetti dish!! bloody lovely
Then we headed back to France ! On the way in OH had called out "castalle" at some point and there was indeed something on the point of a bit pf mountain but my photos in that direction were terrible (we were basically driving into the sun in both directions
)so on the way back I looked out for it. Then googled as it does look worth a visit sometime (probably when I have a bike!)
The rest are just some gorgeous views of (apparently) the Tarentaise mountains, but from the "wrong" side !! Very gorgeous from either side !!
I did intend to get an ugly mugs photo of us both but by the time I remembered we were both knackered (almost at the end of the return trip!) and apparently my cheeks were very red !! He said sunburn but it was through the windscreen
But hey, a good day for all I think
