The clover four leaves are of course referring to Alfa Romeo, the car brand originating from Milano. The clover four called in Italy quadrifoglio, and was used for the racing activities of Alfa. So today we drove to Arese, via the SS36, a road with a lot of tunnels, basically spending more time in a tunnel than in the open […]
Today was a very good day, I drove around the Como lake. 170km of turns, uphill, downhill, tunnels and more of that fun! It was hard work of accelerating, braking, up and down shifting but I enjoyed every meter. Sometime the road was too narrow to have vehicles passing in opposite direction. But the best was that the views on […]
Today we made a small tour to Bellano, that is on the other side of the lake. It was a relief to go without the camping equipment. I felt more quick and nimble. When leaving the camping many other guests were watching and smiling, made me feel good. The roads are beautiful here, many curves and a lot of tunnels. […]
Today it was all about nothing, after 4 days of driving I took a day off. Just doing nothing and enjoy the scenery of lake Como. I am very close to the lake, although I do not like water (we old beetles only use water to wash) it is enjoyable to see all the people windsurfing and supping. In a […]
Started in the morning enthusiastic on the last driving day to Italy. After one hour we entered the Gotthard tunnel, I did not like it so much. It was too warm and dark. The altitude made me a little dizzy in idling. Lugano confused me a little, I entered Lugano and then TomTom, the road signs, and even iPhone gave […]
Today a relatively small drive of almost 300km. After I got some oil for the usual small consumption, we entered the highway towards the Alps. There were no trucks on the road so I was one of the slowest on the German Autobahn. I needed some drink so we stopped for the high octane stuff. I got the most expensive […]
After an intense but enjoyable day of driving we arrived at MOTORWORLD Stuttgart, better said Böblingen. We started with 100km of German Autobahn. Don’t worry we kept the right lane with the other slow traffic. After that we entered the Taunus mountain range. I needed all my 34 horsepower to get up but I could manage. The 9% downhill was […]
Today I had the first day of my road trip. The first part went very smooth. The second part was a wet race to reach Cologne and got slower and slower in the end because of traffic jam. It was a treat to arrive at MOTORWORLD Cologne, there were many other classics and special cars. a good place to spend […]
All my tools are on board. A last advice from a friend on what nuts and bolts to take: sweep your floor and those things are the ones you need. Of course my floor is clean, but I have a jar with nuts and bolts found around. I will take that one, hopefully I don’t need it but you never […]
Big question is what to take for this tour. What problems are to be expected on route. I am not the youngest anymore and I already need slower pace, and maybe some adjustments with altitude or temperature. For that I bought myself a nice toolbox to have enough tools that fits nicely behind the rear couch. Additional I take some […]