The first of 2 long days’ driving to get me down to Sorrento. Today going to the head of the River Inn at the Maloja Pass then the Splugen And San Bernadino Passes, and will finish in Bologna. While not a long distance, the 3 mountain passes will slow me down. For dinner I’ll have a (Non Spag) Bol. Daily mileage will be 357 bringing the total up to 1565.
After saying goodbye to the Astoria and them hoping it would not be too long before I returned, I climbed up the Inn valley to the Maloja Pass. It’s an easy climb in a westerly direction, but on the West side there are a series of 13 hairpin bends to start the drop to Chiavenna. Then over the Splugen and San Bernadino Passes to Bellinzona, Lugano, crossing the border into Italy at Chiasso. Passed Monza and Milan to arrive in Bologna at 5.15. Although I had been hoping to have something with a Bolognais sauce, I just had a couple of beers and went to bed. Distance covered 351 Miles bringing the total to 1502.
