Day 11: Day's Plan

After a great day (and relaxed night) spent in Milano, once again among friends made in prior adventures, we are on the road again. Our plans don’t stop changing, either to include new destinations on our route, or simply changing the dates of some visits in order to take this chance to meet all my Italian friends.

Today we will finally head to Toscana, but the original 2 stops planed increased now to 4. Following the advice of my friend Ruca, confirmed by every single Italian asked, we decided to include Lucca and Siena in our plans. Therefore, we will leave in about half an hour from Milan o the way first to Lucca and then Pizza, ending the day in Florence, where we will sleep and spend the following day.

Today, we sightsee!!!

Day 9: Bern - Milan

Ups, I did it again… Already on my was from Bern and heading to Florence, I could finally get in touch with my milanese friend, Andrea Brizzi. He would be arriving in Milan on the following day, so the city was back in our route.

But the highlight of the day came even before our plans’ change. Recommended by Gian, my Swiss friend, we followed the road through the mountains from Bern to the Italian border, passing through Interlaken, Wassen and Lugano. First, the road through Interlaken offering an amazing view on the lake and the steep alpine mountains. A bit further on, the test of the day for the 2cv: a typical alpine mountain road going till the very top and back on the valley, a route were breathtaking views surprise us at any curve.

After crossing the first border in which we were stopped and inspected (Where are you coming from? Portugal? With this?!lol), we headed till the entrance of Milan, where a gas station was once again our hostel.

The night wouldn’t end without another adventure: with the car closed, I left it…leaving the keys inside. It was quite an experience to “rob” my own car on an Italian gas station, at 2 am, wearing nothing but a pair of boxers…

As for the 2cv, he was back to its best form. Dealt the mountains under the rain with an evident pleasure. For two times later on on the highway the shocking problem appeard, but this time only for very short periods. Congratulations buddy, we are over 3000kms!

KILOMETRES (Total):	3107km
KM SINCE LAST POST:	272km
GAS SPENT(Total):	194.71l

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