Branching out on my own in Italy
August 21st 1974 We travelled straight down to the Swiss-Italian border through wine country, with the terraced grape fields quite striking. It was a very steep climb up to the St Bernard Pass, with the countryside very reminiscent of the Snowy Mountains in summer. We decided against the 7km tunnel with the toll an exorbitant 25SFr. The border at the top of the pass provided minimal hassles, but we lost about an h
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