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Here's a few more mountain shots: 2CV Well I picked up Mrs Cortinaman and we drove up the side of Lake Garda - which is scenic but a bit slow. As we were arriving a few days earlier than the rest of the group we had the allocated parking all to ourselves. I won't bore you with holiday snaps but the ducks were entertaining - despite there being a huge lake a few metres away and several decorative ponds, they wanted to be in the swimming pool, much to the annoyance of the life guard. Eventually they gave up and sat by the pool like the rest of us. They also rather liked the fountain in town. A bit of architecture It was rather picturesque. Off to drop off Mrs Cortinaman at Milan airport tomorrow, then on to Turin.
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On the way out of town, stopped for the obligatory photo by the Cortina sign. Something I've always wanted to do in my Firenza. Outside Florence, obviously, not outside Cortina. But it's a long way away. Good to see someone actually doing it, though.
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[/quote]Something I've always wanted to do in my Firenza. Outside Florence, obviously, not outside Cortina. But it's a long way away. Good to see someone actually doing it, though.[/quote] Firenzas to Firenze - I like the sound of that! Only about 1000 miles each way - when's the anniversery of it's launch? now..... Capris to Capri? Granadas to Granada? or Morris Oxfords to Oxford......
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Oct 19, 2022 11:06:17 GMT
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Firenzas to Firenze - I like the sound of that! Only about 1000 miles each way - when's the anniversery of it's launch? 50th next year, I think, for the HP (Droopsnoot) Firenza. First shown at the 1973 Motor Show. Not sure I'll be brave enough by then.
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Oct 19, 2022 11:17:25 GMT
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Firenzas to Firenze - I like the sound of that! Only about 1000 miles each way - when's the anniversery of it's launch? 50th next year, I think, for the HP (Droopsnoot) Firenza. First shown at the 1973 Motor Show. Not sure I'll be brave enough by then. WCPGW??? 😃
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So the next day was a run to the airport outside Milan - so no photos, although the sat nav took us to what appeared to be the staff entrance to the airport! Fortunately we had left loads of time before the flight so managed to find the drop off point without any dramas. Chatted with the owner of this chunky G-Wagen at the motorway services on the way to Turin, he had never seen a Cortina before. The run down the autostrada to Turin was rather busy and congested, and I hit Turin as the rush hour was starting. The road surfaces were appalling (about British standards!). I found where the sat nav said the hotel was, and could see the building but no signs for the hotel itself. So I drove round the block and ended up in a tunnel - now sat navs don't work very well in tunnels! Eventually after a bit of driving around I came up behind two Cortinas who looked like they knew where they were going! So I followed them to the hotel (it turned out the signs for the hotel were for the chain and not the name of the hotel itself). So here is where we were staying: It's not easy to photograph a building that's half a kilometre long! Anyway, it is the old Fiat Factory at Lingotto - famed for its rooftop test track and The Italian Job. View from the room The rooms were decorated with Fiat ephemera and design classic furniture The rooftop test track is used as an art gallery and for demonstrating electric Fiat 500s - so for 2euros we went for a look. The banked ends are still in place. Giant scissors - apparently they are a commentary on late 20th Century feminism (who knew!) The helipad on the roof designed by architect Renzo Piano was impressive. The ramps at each end are still in place - spectacular in-situ concrete for architecture buffs. Another famous rooftop from The Italian Job. For dinner we found an outside restaurant nearby as being in a suburb rather than the centre of Turin there wasn't a huge number of eateries - and it was getting late. It turned out to be attached to a supermarket - but the food was great! Next morning - ready for the off to Evian les Bains on Lake Geneva
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Is the old fiat factory now a hotel?
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Is the old fiat factory now a hotel? Part of it is. One or two floors are a shopping centre, there is also part of the University in the building plus a theatre and art gallery.
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Frankenhealey
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Cortinas to Cortina 2022 Frankenhealey
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Oct 20, 2022 10:45:18 GMT
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Really enjoying the thread but any chance you can remember what Chris Williams' Packard Bentley 42-litre V12 1500bhp is doing in a German museum?
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Tales of the Volcano Lair hereFrankenBug - Vulcan Power hereThe Frankenhealey here
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Oct 20, 2022 11:34:26 GMT
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Really enjoying the thread but any chance you can remember what Chris Williams' Packard Bentley 42-litre V12 1500bhp is doing in a German museum? I don't remember reading anything about it but this link to the museum website might shed some light:- speyer.technik-museum.de/de/packard-bentley
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Oct 20, 2022 11:42:27 GMT
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Absolutely awesome road trip! What a journey, looks amazing!
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Frankenhealey
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Oct 20, 2022 12:07:26 GMT
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It's on long term loan and Chris Williams pops out once a year to fire her up at 15 litres per minute but that's what you get for using a bomber engine. As you're in Italy we also need to see some food pictures please
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Tales of the Volcano Lair hereFrankenBug - Vulcan Power hereThe Frankenhealey here
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Oct 20, 2022 12:47:46 GMT
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It's on long term loan and Chris Williams pops out once a year to fire her up at 15 litres per minute but that's what you get for using a bomber engine. As you're in Italy we also need to see some food pictures please Sadly I'm doing this about a month in arrears and I don't have any more food pics.
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rickygolf83
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Oct 20, 2022 20:58:42 GMT
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Brilliant journey to emabark on in such a machine and with all the other machines of type 👏
Look forward to more of the story coming 😁
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Sadly I'm doing this about a month in arrears and I don't have any more food pics. Hmmm, Italy (like others) had a very dry summer this year and if that was still so when You were there the lago was rather small and dirty, maybe that's the explanation for the ducks' pool party?
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Last Edit: Oct 21, 2022 4:57:12 GMT by braaap
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Sadly I'm doing this about a month in arrears and I don't have any more food pics. Hmmm, Italy (like others) had a very dry summer this year and if that was still so when You were there the lago was rather small and dirty, maybe that's the explanation for the ducks' pool party? To be honest the lake didn't look much different to 10 years ago - it was a little lower but still clear. I suspect the ducks liked the pool cos they are likely to get fed!
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On the way from Turin to Evian les Bains. We managed to loose two cars coming out of Turin so Steve and Rob and me convoyed together. For some reason my camera decided to take black and white photos for some of the day. We took the toll autostrada and went through the Frejus Tunnel - to be honest it was a bit stressful as the toll machines wouldn't always accept cash and one swallowed Rob's card (fortunately a man came and got the card out!) Lake Geneva view from the hotel Unfortunately, Evian was a bit short on restaurants, but we eventually found one - and had the best steak I've ever tasted (no pics I'm afraid). Heading to breakfast the next morning I looked out of the windows of the glass corridor and through - wow the hotel have a crazy golf course. It must have been too much driving befuddling my brain as it turned out to be a Chinese style garden! Off to Dijon tomorrow, and I decided to go it alone as I couldn't face any more toll roads.
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Oct 21, 2022 12:49:41 GMT
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On my own as I wasn't going to do any more toll roads - and I had paid an extortionate amount of money before the trip for a Vingette to drive on Swiss roads, so I thought I might as well use it. With the sat-nav set to avoid toll roads it sent me round some back roads on the way to Geneva Pretty poor picture of the water jet in the lake at Geneva. The out into the Swiss countryside The road up into the mountains was wide and perfectly surfaced, while I stopped for a pee an Aston Martin SUV went up the hill sounding like a rocket ship - then came back down again a few minutes later - someone showing off their new toy! Up into the mountains and across the French border, stopped for a snack. A bit of rain but nothing too serious. crisscrossing the railway line - not the best picture of a railway bridge Down onto more level country - dead straight roads with hardly any traffic. Through picturesque villages Avenues of plane trees - I'm sure I was told they were planted by Napoleon so his troops could march in the shade! Who needs motorways! we stayed in the same hotel in Dijon as ten years ago - when we were there before the tram network was just being opened with free tram rides (not today though). A bit of local architecture Can you tell where the Cortina has been parked? Had dinner with Clare and Graham who organised the trip along with Magnus - no food pics I'm afraid! Off to Challons aux Champagne tomorrow - last stop before home.
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Oct 21, 2022 21:13:53 GMT
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Love these travelling/touring threads. So much interesting history in Britain and on the continent.
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