Monday, August 6, 2007

Driving through the Alps

After spending a night in Ibis hotel just outside Zurich (city hotels are expensive!), we set off driving through the Alps on the way to Milan. It took about 4 hours. We also passed through a number of lakes such as this one where the city of Lucerne lies on the bank.

The drives along the winding road along the mountain valleys are really scenic. What also helps is the number of tunnels built to make the roads safe and easy to drive. In all we passed through 47 tunnels before reaching Milan - the longest was called St Bernard tunnel which is 17 km long!




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