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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nBut those were all minor tidbits. Because then the hail started and the rather violent rain – with a bit of thunder and lightening. But sill… that\u2019s ok, right? Sure. Well… that is, until you find that along the shoulder of the road, the banks on either side and even ON the road in a few places… there is snow… yes SNOW… enough to accumulate and make things white! The picture G got is after we had passed the larger part of it so you can barely see the snow alon the side of the lane. But…it wasn\u2019t some thing I expected in Italy in September… the day after we swam in the Mediterranean!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But, all is well… we drove out of that! Whew! If you\u2019ve never driven in this part of Italy, well, there\u2019s all sort of things you\u2019ve not experienced! The road is made up of viaducts (bridges that are VERY high, but seem pretty much like the regular highway) and tunnels (tunnels). After we got past the snow, we got into \u201cvente forte\u201d – if you know music you know part of that means \u2018strong\u2019 or \u2018with force\u2019… well G figured out pretty quickly that it was \u201chigh wind\u201d… yup… high wind, up on VERY high viaducts… and to make it more interesting…no wind in the tunnels and then we\u2019d pop out of a tunnel and be hit with the wind suddenly! WOW!<\/p>\n\n\n\n But it was still an amazing journey. The bits of the landscape I could see were amazing. This is a picture of what seemed to be a small village perched at the very top of a mountain. It was very distant so the picutre doesn\u2019t really work very well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m sure there will be many more pictures once we see things in the light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We are in a very remote\/rural area here. The last 30 or 40 km were in the dark, raining, and on VERY twisty, narrow roads (for those who might be familiar – most of the road would make the \u201cCleveland Road\u201d at home seem like somewhat of a racetrack! LOL But then we arrived to … oh my goodness… it\u2019s amazing! 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