As I said in the article, ‘The last few days’, in this, the final article about our first trip overseas, I detail some of what we learned, both helpful and what we could, and should, have done better.

We spent a week in Sestrierre and it really is a beautiful place to be but very lonely in the Summer months.

We were finally on the open road north towards Pisa. There was another unexpected shock awaiting us – tolls and lots of them!