Since Barr drove the Milano to Genova leg, I was in line to drive the next leg of our trip, but I was hesitant to drive inside Genova. All the trucks and crazy on ramps and signs I don't know. 

So Barr drove for about 20 km and then we switched. It was a nice ride along the Ligurian coast and through mountain tunnels, with the Med to our left. 

We wondered about the transition from Italy into France. We knew the autostrade would flow directly into the French equivalent, but the GPS system on Barr's Fiat 500 only charted to the border. As if travel in France was not worthy of tracking. 

We had good ole fashioned printed directions from Google, but the instructions were confusing and the signage in France is unlike both US and Italian signage. And to make matters even more concerning, we lost our mobile service and seemed to be about an hour behind schedule according to the Google maps. And, it got dark, as it does in December. 

We'd been sending texts to our hosts, unsure if the texts had been making it through, and so as we were switching drivers again we gave them a call. 

We got through to our hosts! Turns out Google was wrong about leaving the highway at Exit 24 to head north to Avignon. Instead we were to leave the highway much earlier at Aix en Provance and follow signs to Avignon Sud. And then call our host to come pick us up. 

So we soldiered on.