BAC Val d'Aosta 2012

This was a transition day from Milan to Courmayeur . I slept until 7:00, had breakfast, toted my luggage to Milano Centrale , took the bus to Malpensa , had lunch and met our group at door number 7 at 1:00. We loaded our gear into a large bus and left for Courmayeur. Halfway there, we stopped for a break at one of the wonderful Italian auto stops (I am serious) where I fortified myself with a cappuccino. After we left, we began to climb into the hills of Valle d'Aosta . The main road goes straight up the valley with very steep hills on each side. The Italian road builders have carved several long tunnels along the way.

Hotel Courmayeur

We arrived at Hotel Courmayeur around 3:30. After checking into our rooms we went outside to put our bicycles together. The weather cooperated - it was cool and cloudy with a small threat of rain. For some reason it took me longer than usual to put my bike together but I got it done and it worked OK. We have a couple of short optional rides tomorrow to test our bikes if the rain holds off.

I had pizza for dinner at Pizzeria du Tunnel with Henry Lam, Marie Tesch, Rose and Art Hewig, Debbie Lao and Bob McCullough.