Chambéry, France
An early start to the day as we have to go to the airport to pick up our hire car. Our taxi driver is a lovely guy, who, we learn, loves to surf, snowboard and was a soccer player in the 4th division of the Paris national league.
Our car is a lovely new Peugeot - very roomy and brand new - nice! Today we are driving from Paris to the Italian Riviera town of Rapolloa - east of Genoa. It's a huge drive. We plan to stop in a town called Chambery in foothills of ...