Italy, Switzerland, France

Italy's barkiest dog decided to welcome us to his country, at 6am! After a 15 minute barking spell he lay down in the middle of the road so we could all get back to sleep for an hour or so. On the road at 9am for an 'interesting' drive up the scenic road of the GREAT San Bernadino Pass! No namby pamby tunnels for us hardened alpine pass travellers. Unfortunately you won't see what could have been some very impressive photographs, due to Rachel's insistence that Brian keeps BOTH hands on the steering wheel as she sinks her nails into anything she can keep a grip on. To be fair it was a little 'hairy' near the top, fortunately we met the oncoming coach on a safer part of the road. It was a 2nd gear descent into Switzerland but once below 6,000' we could let it run again as the roads widened and straightened. This part of the country wasn't anything to write home about, oh we ARE doing, so it was across the border back into France to chill at a campsite overlooking Lac Leman.