Here -as promised- some pics of our trip last week from Holland via Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switserland and Italy (and back).
Rain rain rain. We had about 9 hours of it while driving.
Stop in the area of Strassbourg, France.
Arrival at our first and luxurious hotel in Viareggio, Italy. The balcony with the flags was actually OUR balcony for a few days. The Mrs pretended to be the queen of Italy, waving to pedestrians from the balcony.
..with private parking.
Looking good at night.
We drove up the mountainous area of Viareggio and ended up at this lovely sight.
What goes up must go down, so we had to drive down this narrow road.
In town we spotted this rare Z3 M Coupe. What a beast!
Front door parking at our second hotel. At least for a few minutes.
The lovely town of Pisa.
With the famous tilted tower and lovely buildings.
After leaving Italy we ended up in the area of Lugano, Switserland. A nice Z1 passed us.
We found this great hotel. What a view. The hospitality was incredible.
We love Lugano.
Final stop was Luxembourg. This hotel provided me with a "private" parking space. There were eerie sounds at night at this strange hotel.. we surived it nevertheless.
And back home, just in time. My girls youngest son came back from duty in Afghanistan this day and this shiny 97 Z3 1.8 was waiting for him. You can imagine the smile on his face when we handed him the keys!
A nice trip, we drove about 3.500 kms in total. We had some scary moments in Italy where there are many many road-bullies. There seem to be no rules there. At one point in the area of Pisa, some crazy s.o.b. followed us for over 20 minutes and tried to run us of the road several times. He finally took us over blocked the road ahead, forcing us to a halt. We didn't know if he had a gun, or a knife and he was raging like a madman. So I put the car in reverse, drove around him -fast- and into a small town where we finally lost the idiot. We didnt take any risks and it seemed obvious he wanted the car, or money, or both. After this incident we left Italy the next day and went for Switserland. We enjoyed the lovely surroundings of Lugano before heading back home with a overnight stop in Luxembourg.
Thats all folks, hope you enjoyed it!
Rain rain rain. We had about 9 hours of it while driving.
Stop in the area of Strassbourg, France.
Arrival at our first and luxurious hotel in Viareggio, Italy. The balcony with the flags was actually OUR balcony for a few days. The Mrs pretended to be the queen of Italy, waving to pedestrians from the balcony.
..with private parking.
Looking good at night.
We drove up the mountainous area of Viareggio and ended up at this lovely sight.
What goes up must go down, so we had to drive down this narrow road.
In town we spotted this rare Z3 M Coupe. What a beast!
Front door parking at our second hotel. At least for a few minutes.
The lovely town of Pisa.
With the famous tilted tower and lovely buildings.
After leaving Italy we ended up in the area of Lugano, Switserland. A nice Z1 passed us.
We found this great hotel. What a view. The hospitality was incredible.
We love Lugano.
Final stop was Luxembourg. This hotel provided me with a "private" parking space. There were eerie sounds at night at this strange hotel.. we surived it nevertheless.
And back home, just in time. My girls youngest son came back from duty in Afghanistan this day and this shiny 97 Z3 1.8 was waiting for him. You can imagine the smile on his face when we handed him the keys!
A nice trip, we drove about 3.500 kms in total. We had some scary moments in Italy where there are many many road-bullies. There seem to be no rules there. At one point in the area of Pisa, some crazy s.o.b. followed us for over 20 minutes and tried to run us of the road several times. He finally took us over blocked the road ahead, forcing us to a halt. We didn't know if he had a gun, or a knife and he was raging like a madman. So I put the car in reverse, drove around him -fast- and into a small town where we finally lost the idiot. We didnt take any risks and it seemed obvious he wanted the car, or money, or both. After this incident we left Italy the next day and went for Switserland. We enjoyed the lovely surroundings of Lugano before heading back home with a overnight stop in Luxembourg.
Thats all folks, hope you enjoyed it!
. Road bullies are a problem over there, but not so much in the north.