After lunch at a local restaurant, we gathered in preparation for the highly anticipated convoy through the city of Turin.
We were expecting much, but the reality was a lot of stop/starting and local cars were pushing their way into the middle of the convoy at every opportunity and the constant braking and accelerating to keep up with the car in front was hard work. It meant that we didn't get much time to enjoy the scenery or spot the film locations very well, except we did see the church steps where the Minis cross in front of the wedding, the stadium with the curved roof where the Minis lose the police and also the weir (although this was undergoing work and didn't look at all like the film).
However, we did manage to create a lot of noise as collectively the cars were using their horns at every turn and many locals stopped to wave or cheer the cars as they passed.
We were considering returning to the city tomorrow to try and see more film locations before we depart, but having experienced the traffic once we do not feel brave enough to try again.
3 comments:
hi guys. we're just back from barcelona (had a great time) and glad to see all seems to be going well with you. sean says he wishes he was with you when you went round the race track and when you saw the racing cars!!!
I can't blame you for not wanting to go back and face the traffic. I wouldn't be brave enough to drive in another country let alone Turin!
I do think you might make an effort to keep up with the others.
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