A trip through Italy, Sicily, Tunisia, Algeria and southern France . g we gave the Mercedes a rest,and indulged ourselves in a motor-boat trip, visit-ing the harbor and enjoying thoroughly an in-teresting experience. In the afternoon we left forToulon where we arrived at 4:10 Here westayed the night. The next morning was sunny and bright, andshortly after nine, we were en route for Beaulieu,passing through Hyeres twenty minutes afterleaving Toulon. An hour later we were pulled upby another puncture, a front tire this time. Inspite of the ten minutes delay, we made Valescureat 11: 30 and s
A trip through Italy, Sicily, Tunisia, Algeria and southern France . g we gave the Mercedes a rest,and indulged ourselves in a motor-boat trip, visit-ing the harbor and enjoying thoroughly an in-teresting experience. In the afternoon we left forToulon where we arrived at 4:10 Here westayed the night. The next morning was sunny and bright, andshortly after nine, we were en route for Beaulieu,passing through Hyeres twenty minutes afterleaving Toulon. An hour later we were pulled upby another puncture, a front tire this time. Inspite of the ten minutes delay, we made Valescureat 11: 30 and stopped then for lunch at the GrandHotel. This hotel, which has been completelymodernized, is now an excellent stopping placeand a charming winter resort. At 1: 30 Valescure disappeared in the distancebehind us, the mornings run taking us two hoursand forty minutes. Our destination for the nightwas Beaulieu, and this town hove in sight twohours and ten minutes later, thus completing adelightful days saunter of 178 kilometers in justten minutes under five hours. [61. PARIS TO BEAULIEU During the next three days, from Sunday,December 8, to Tuesday, December 10, we gaveourselves a respite from the open road, and en-joyed the rest which BeauUeu, Monte Carlo andNice afford the tourist. We were making our-selves ready for the second stage of our journeyover the French Alps, which was to take usthrough the plains of Lombardy and down throughold Italy to Naples and Sicily. 7] BEAULIEU, NAPLES, ANDPALERMO TO VENICE WEDNESDAY, December 11, was usheredin by a glorious dawn. We congrat-ulated ourselves on our good luck inthis continued good weather. We had not had adrop of rain since leaving Paris! Nothing butsunshine, and, what contributed to raise ourspirits still higher, most dismal reports of weatherconditions from other parts of the country. Verilyour Hoodoo had forsaken us, temporarily atleast, or it may be he had not as yet found outthat we were on the road. At 9:10 we set off f
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