What can you do in 24 hours?...Sleep for 8, work for a bit, have some time off. We, on the other hand, just completed a sprint across 4 countries. After saying goodbye to our lovely barn in Methersham (and planting the idea of travelling en famille with John and Leslie who owned the Oast), we drove to Dover on Wednesday morning - so foggy, you couldn't see the cliffs when you were driving right past them...
boarded the ferry to Calais ...
...and drove for many hours across the flattest land you can imagine, right across France, up the Jura under a full moon and through a tiny bit of Switzerland to Divonne.
Slept for a bit, grateful for Tim and Alayne's lovely house where the magnolia were in bloom. Early the next morning, got everyone into the car and drove along Lac Leman and over the Simplon Pass where there is still much snow
...and drove for many hours across the flattest land you can imagine, right across France, up the Jura under a full moon and through a tiny bit of Switzerland to Divonne. 
Slept for a bit, grateful for Tim and Alayne's lovely house where the magnolia were in bloom. Early the next morning, got everyone into the car and drove along Lac Leman and over the Simplon Pass where there is still much snow
...to Lago Maggiore. So, 24 hours, 4 countries. To fetch up in Stresa, Italy where we discovered that it was "Liberation Day" (ignorance really is bliss) for all of Europe complete with summer weather which brought out crowds and crowds of people and shut down all the streets in the centre of town. We stayed in a charmng hotel right on the main square, went for a stroll by the lake (along with half the population of Italy) and then sat on our balcony listening to the children playing soccer late into the night.
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| Lago Maggiore |
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