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This had I had to go to the Italian part of Switzerland. I crossed the Alps on the Simplon pass, the other, more exotic passes are still closed due to the snow.The weather was bad on the way back, but I took a few pics from the inside of the car on the way down on the North side.
( Temm, check out the last pic 
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May 17, 2009 8:33:37 AM
May 17, 2009 8:36:11 AM
Fabulous photos - thanks so much for sharing 
What a great place to 'play' you have in your 'back yard' 
Reminds me of my own drive through various mountain passes in Switzerland back in 2007...
AFAIK the Top Gear episode featured Fluelapass between Davos and Stelvio 
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May 17, 2009 11:19:22 AM
Gnil, thanks so much for posting these pictures.
Makes the "pain" of not being in CH a bit more bearable.
I have so many good memories of Switcherland... We often used to stay at a little village on the base of the Grimsel and the Susten. But also around Meiringen, Thun... I truly love the Berner Oberland. The simplon and the Furka, I have been therem but I don't remember too much of it. :(
Thanks again Gnil!
Even in the stunning Alps, melting, dirty snow does not look good, nor does overcast skies. I like the last few with the nice curves. Speaking of curves these pics would be much better had they included your wifes caboose 
or her sunny smile.
Those lower roads would be great for a video just likr that site gt3000 did with the gt3 and gallardo.
May 17, 2009 2:23:01 PM
Carlos from Spain:
Beautiful landscape and pictures, thanks for sharing!
wow!, all that snow in May
Looks like the roads Top Gear chose to test the GT3RS vs Gallardo vs Vantage on an episode?
The landscape is indeed spectacular, even when the weather is less than perfect.
Gnil can correct this, but I think I remember that some of the high passes sometimes do not open until late June. That's why see some signs in one photo for the rail link for transporting cars by train to get down to Italy.
As EasyRider wrote, the TG footage (comparison Gallardo, DB9?, GT3) was made further east in the Switzerland / Italy / Austria triangle.
fritz
May 17, 2009 8:04:41 PM
Guys, here's a link to a previous thread I posted here on RT which focusses on the Fluelapass route between Davos and Stelvio (mentioned above):
Audi R8 in V-Zine Magazine (through Fluelapass).html
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May 17, 2009 8:36:11 PM
These pics brings back memories of me and the family in the MPV going across the alps on to northern Italy...And one I really remember is not being able to find a toilet up there , I was bursting from both ends..Talk about legs and cheeks stay together 
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throt:
These pics brings back memories of me and the family in the MPV going across the alps on to northern Italy...And one I really remember is not being able to find a toilet up there , I was bursting from both ends..Talk about legs and cheeks stay together
Having to look at all this water is a bummer when you're in that situation, isn't it? 
fritz
Gnil, rather than starting a new thread, may I show a couple of old pics I took crossing the alps a couple of years ago? 
They show a bunch of British Ferraristi a long way from home. I guess they were travelling in convoy down to Maranello to stock up on spare parts. There's safety in numbers.
I don't know if the little yellow bus was meant to pick up those whose cars didn't make it. 
fritz
Gnil, I've just realized that the car park shown in the last two pics above might in fact be on the Grimsel Pass, so it could be the self-service restaurant referred to in your other current thread? The place with a stone-wall compound containing a marmot on the other side of the road, overlooking the lake? 
I need to go to Switzerland again, and soon, to re-orient myself. 
fritz
Joost:
Gnil, thanks so much for posting these pictures.
Makes the "pain" of not being in CH a bit more bearable.
I have so many good memories of Switcherland... We often used to stay at a little village on the base of the Grimsel and the Susten. But also around Meiringen, Thun... I truly love the Berner Oberland. The simplon and the Furka, I have been therem but I don't remember too much of it. :(Thanks again Gnil!
There is a rennteam meeting on the 13 th of june at the top of the Grimsel .. ... see you there ?
May 18, 2009 12:32:06 PM
Thanks Gnil - I never get tired of watching P-cars in the fantastic Alps panorama
Did you make it further south to sunny Italy already ?
Sweet memories....almost three years ago already - where is the time ?
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May 18, 2009 1:10:01 PM
May 18, 2009 4:02:20 PM
Super Darius:
Great Gnil
Maybe the next time we can meet on the Siplon pass,i'm not too far from it!!
BTW great pics!!
Darius, I usally go to Locarno , in Ticino, and I do the Simplon to Domodossola and then the great Cento Valli !!!! Would be great to meet. But maybe on the Grimsel next month
May 18, 2009 4:35:54 PM
Gnil,
near to all saturday afternoon i take my car and i make some rides on the Lago Maggiore,in 40 minutes from my home i'm at Stresa,and stay on autostrada till Domodossola is a few minutes more...and sometimes when i 'm near Stresa i have the need to extend the trip till the Simplon...one of the next weeks i will try
Gnil:
There is a rennteam meeting on the 13 th of june at the top of the Grimsel .. ... see you there ?
Hey Gnil, I read that! Thanks for the invitation. Fear I won't make it, but hopefully this summer I'll be visiting Switzerland again, would be nice to meet up then. I'll let you know when the plans arise ;-)
PS, do not forget to invite Pierre. I didn't see him around here for long, but he'll probable be reading those threads every now and then...
May 19, 2009 6:45:09 AM
Super Darius:
Gnil,
near to all saturday afternoon i take my car and i make some rides on the Lago Maggiore,in 40 minutes from my home i'm at Stresa,and stay on autostrada till Domodossola is a few minutes more...and sometimes when i 'm near Stresa i have the need to extend the trip till the Simplon...one of the next weeks i will try
Maybe we could meet one time in Stresa.... after I just have to go along the Lago Maggiore untill Locarno.
Joost:
Gnil:
There is a rennteam meeting on the 13 th of june at the top of the Grimsel .. ... see you there ?Hey Gnil, I read that! Thanks for the invitation. Fear I won't make it, but hopefully this summer I'll be visiting Switzerland again, would be nice to meet up then. I'll let you know when the plans arise ;-)
PS, do not forget to invite Pierre. I didn't see him around here for long, but he'll probable be reading those threads every now and then...
I have not seen Pierre for a while..... I must look if he's on the local asphalte.ch car forum. I think he might have had his first kid.....
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