On Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:48:44 -0700, wrote:

On Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:39:08 -0400, Wayne B
wrote:

On Tue, 06 Sep 2011 22:20:41 -0700, wrote:

Looks like it's about five
hours from Portofino to Nice, but we won't be in a rush at that point.
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Actually less, the roads are quite good. Nice (actually Ville
Franche-sur-Mer) makes a nice base of operations for exploring the
French Riviera.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villefranche-sur-Mer

I've got several emails into my friends there. It should be a blast,
and they should be back from their vacation by then.

Do you have any idea what the toll roads cost? I've heard it's not
cheap.

Stay out of Switzerland. Or at least stay off the Swiss autobahns.