Yes, the car did indeed break down. We found a mechanic who needed six days to get a new gear-box and new tyres, and fortunately, he managed to get it working by Friday Aug. 24th when we were scheduled to move out from Strassoldo and drive to Geneva. It cost us 1000 Euro to get the car rolling again. We left Strassoldo Friday at noon, got stuck one hour in traffic outside Venice and then an hour and a half outside the tunnel going through Mont Blanc between Italy and France. And along our route west, Italians, French and Swiss charged us and arm and a leg just to use different stretches, pass the tunnel and made us pay road tax to enter Switzerland. Around 10.30 PM we reached Emilys sister Nellys flat in Geneva, where the youngest sister Kapusa resides. For two weeks now we haven´t had any access to TV, we have not had any newspapers we could read properly and with great difficulties have we managed to reach internet twice. That has not been a totally satisfactory state of affairs. I starve for media, news and gossip. The picture shows our car, Old Betsy, waiting in line two kilometers before the Mont Blanc tunnel. Frustrating experience, but the mountain was a truly impressive sight, and the girls, unusually untied to their chairs, had a ball.
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