Another perfect start to the day in Tuscany. We were up a bit earlier than normal to finish packing, clean up the unit, finish the food left in the fridge and take off to Asciano to drop off the keys. Then the GPS routed us back out on to the A1 and we headed north.
We had traveled this road before on the way to Florence so it was familiar until we turned off toward Pisa. This takes you west across the middle of the country and into some larger mountains.
It is built up on both sides of the highway but about halfway across we went through a zone of ornamental horticulture the like of which we had never seen. Mile after mile of trees of every description. Hundreds of shaped trees all the same. Fantastic.
We had planned to visit the leaning Tower of Pisa but a wrong turn that would have meant an additional 30 km and two highway tolls turned Jim off and we kept on going to Genoa.
The highway running into Genoa is a masterpiece of engineering. We went thru tunnel after tunnel, some up to 2 km long. It seemed that half the route was underground!
From Genoa we turned north to Milan. The first few km are in tunnels and then it flattened out to the agricultural land we started out with two weeks ago. Rice fields, barley and corn.
The rest of the trip was uneventful. We checked into the Sheraton Hotel at the airport, returned the car and got ready for for an early departure in the morning.
One interesting fact. The Telepass had registered 126 euros in tolls during the trip. The 15 euros we had invested in it were well spent.
Long trip to Canada begins at 6:45 Friday.
We had traveled this road before on the way to Florence so it was familiar until we turned off toward Pisa. This takes you west across the middle of the country and into some larger mountains.
It is built up on both sides of the highway but about halfway across we went through a zone of ornamental horticulture the like of which we had never seen. Mile after mile of trees of every description. Hundreds of shaped trees all the same. Fantastic.
We had planned to visit the leaning Tower of Pisa but a wrong turn that would have meant an additional 30 km and two highway tolls turned Jim off and we kept on going to Genoa.
The highway running into Genoa is a masterpiece of engineering. We went thru tunnel after tunnel, some up to 2 km long. It seemed that half the route was underground!
From Genoa we turned north to Milan. The first few km are in tunnels and then it flattened out to the agricultural land we started out with two weeks ago. Rice fields, barley and corn.
The rest of the trip was uneventful. We checked into the Sheraton Hotel at the airport, returned the car and got ready for for an early departure in the morning.
One interesting fact. The Telepass had registered 126 euros in tolls during the trip. The 15 euros we had invested in it were well spent.
Long trip to Canada begins at 6:45 Friday.
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