Still driving toward Nice
Shortly after we finished packing up the car, some strong thunderstorms came through. It rained hard for a couple of hours and continued off and on all day. This was really a shame since we drove to Mount Blanc, the highest peak in the Alps, with the hope that it might clear a little by the time we got there, but 32 euros later (the price to drive through the tunnel to get there) and we couldn't see a thing. The clouds lifted a bit as we continued on into a little of Italy and then back to France. The mountains were incredibly beautiful and the roads were amazing, the windiest, narrowest mountain roads we have ever driven. We went very slowly, but we climbed to some of the famous Tour de France passes and saw plenty of crazy cyclists climbing and descending in the rain. After a long day of exhausting driving, we set up camp in Briancon and enjoyed a nice dinner.
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