Had to go to Italy (Tuscany) for a friend's wedding. Decided to drive :driving: . Left to my own devices I'd have probably got lost or driven boring roads but thankfully Dave (Road Trip) has a little experience in these things and being a top chap sorted a route down and back 
Day 1 - leave work, catch ferry, find somewhere to spend the night in France - Lille.
Day 2 - drive through France, Belgium, Luxembourg (city for lunch), France, Germany and into Switzerland. Stopped the night at Lucerne, stunning location for a stopover.
Route: Google Maps
Day 3 - In Switzerland - Kleusen, Fluela passes then into Italy for the Stelvio Pass. Down to Milan and then on to Tuscany.
Pretty much fried the brakes (EBC Greenstuffs) on the Kleusen and then the car packed up half way up the Stevlio.
Days 4, 5, 6, wedding stuff.
Day 7 - Through Italy, past Milan > Como and into Switzerland, there I drove to Thusis and then entered Thun into the sat nav and set of through the mountains. Not entirely sure which passes I did, but it was a great day
Dave had planned a route but with the problems on the way down I decided not to do all of the passes he suggested, left it to the nav. Stopped the night in Saint-Avold.
Google Maps - think this is right
Day 8 - Get home.
On the way down I mostly took video footage, which I am still editing. Back was all pics. Here they are - quality is not great, I put the SLR on auto so I could snap some shots on the move.
Day 2, outside my hotel in Lille - saw the night porter out admiring the zed
Lucerne - had supper in on of the restaurants on the water, lovely spot.
Before shot - Day 3, hotel car park. Shiny!
The Stevlio Pass. Car had stopped working quite a way down, this is taken from a car park while it cooled off.
View up the Stelvio from the car park.
The car cooling off - tried to give the impression of a photo shoot rather than an emergency stop.
Same car, same car park.
Made it to the other side...
Ah, some more twisties.
Day 1 - leave work, catch ferry, find somewhere to spend the night in France - Lille.
Day 2 - drive through France, Belgium, Luxembourg (city for lunch), France, Germany and into Switzerland. Stopped the night at Lucerne, stunning location for a stopover.
Route: Google Maps
Day 3 - In Switzerland - Kleusen, Fluela passes then into Italy for the Stelvio Pass. Down to Milan and then on to Tuscany.
Pretty much fried the brakes (EBC Greenstuffs) on the Kleusen and then the car packed up half way up the Stevlio.
Days 4, 5, 6, wedding stuff.
Day 7 - Through Italy, past Milan > Como and into Switzerland, there I drove to Thusis and then entered Thun into the sat nav and set of through the mountains. Not entirely sure which passes I did, but it was a great day
Dave had planned a route but with the problems on the way down I decided not to do all of the passes he suggested, left it to the nav. Stopped the night in Saint-Avold.Google Maps - think this is right
Day 8 - Get home.
On the way down I mostly took video footage, which I am still editing. Back was all pics. Here they are - quality is not great, I put the SLR on auto so I could snap some shots on the move.
Day 2, outside my hotel in Lille - saw the night porter out admiring the zed
Lucerne - had supper in on of the restaurants on the water, lovely spot.
Before shot - Day 3, hotel car park. Shiny!
The Stevlio Pass. Car had stopped working quite a way down, this is taken from a car park while it cooled off.
View up the Stelvio from the car park.
The car cooling off - tried to give the impression of a photo shoot rather than an emergency stop.
Same car, same car park.
Made it to the other side...
Ah, some more twisties.
