Made it to my campsite in Modena about 7:30 after a long 9 hours in the car. Traffic was very slow through the St Gottardo tunnel and round Milan.
Just in time to put up the tent and have some couscous.
We had another little walk around Turckheim before setting off. The Covid measures are so clear in France. “This is why you have to wear the mask and here are the cheap masks”.
It was weird crossing the border into Switzerland and going from wall-to-wall masks to no masks. All the Swiss border guards were bare-faced. People at the Swiss service stations were doing their own thing, a bit like in the UK.
The crossing into Italy was hardly manned and none of the cars were being stopped. This Italian service station was trying to lighten the mood.
Today’s biggest drama was my phone suddenly starting to gobble data as I was driving through Switzerland. I thought it might be because I’d switched to navigating with Waze, which gives a lot more info than the other navigation apps and is probably more data-heavy. Actually it was because Switzerland is a non-EU country and data roaming isn’t included in my phone package. Don’t remember that ever happening before in Switzerland. Is this what’s in store everywhere when we leave the EU?
The campsite here in Modena is practically deserted, there are no customers at the bar and the swimming pool is empty. I imagine it’d normally be heaving at this time of year. It’s a surprisingly nice site, except for the mosquitos and traffic noise. Might leave it a good review as it’s only got 3 stars.
Going to take the tent down early in the morning as thunderstorms are forecast and don’t want to pack it away wet. Just a short hop to Capena now.
The weather looks great in Rome.
2022 and all that 