Thursday, May 24, 2012

Caio Italy!

After leaving Port Grimaud, we wound our way towards Cannes, then onto Nice.  Didn't understand Tommy's instructions too well and end up on the toll motorway heading back the way we came, we got off first exit - which was 11 km away (E $2), then got promptly back on the other side (E $1.30) to get back to where we first went wrong.
Came across this primo spot for lunch - front seats on the med just as the weather was starting to clear.

Then after a great day we realised we missed going to Monaco after Nice, by then we were 12 km from our selected campsite so decided to back track in the morning.  However the tiny road with extreme hairpin bends should have given us a clue that we'd not find a campsite at the end!  We backtracked then and did Monaco - which was almost a breeze after that previous road.




Then it was on to our next selected site, Latte just over the Italian border.


Next day we did 150 km and it took us about 5 hours.  Continuous windy roads, tunnels and one city/town lead straight into the next.  Italian drivers passing us on blind corners, 10 scooters ease past you at the lights - welcome to Italy.  I don;t think we even got into 4th gear.

Rejected first campsite for the next just out of Genova, a lovely camp in wood lined valley, just above the reserve to walk to town.  We decided on two nights, with the week's washing to do and chill out time  (plus Daryl wanted to prev at the bikinis on the beach - or should I say lack of them).




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