{"id":14887,"date":"2018-10-02T16:42:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T16:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=14887"},"modified":"2019-05-28T18:06:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T08:06:39","slug":"hone-bard-italy-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=14887","title":{"rendered":"H\u00f4ne\/Bard, Italy 2018 \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date:  1st October 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled:  179 kms from Como to H\u00f4ne\/Bard. Region of Aosta, Italy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited:  Forte Di Bard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed:  H\u00f4ne municipal sosta, \u20ac10 per 24h, limited services.  N45.83498, E09.06071<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget:  120 days @ \u20ac92 per day.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our second night in Como is just as peaceful as the first.  The days are getting shorter, the nights cooler and sleeping in a little becomes very easy, especially for Pam.  She rouses to the sound and smell of the coffee machine doing its thing and our day is underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We discuss our route for today.  Through the Aosta Valley into France via Mont Blanc tunnel is the easiest, but more expensive.  Or go the long way via St Bernard\u2019s Tunnel, which is less expensive but that would involve cutting across through Switzerland and buying a vignette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway we need to get going and make our way to the Aosta Valley first.  We pack up, say goodbye to our German neighbours, service the Hymer and pay the machine to let us out the gate.  Looking at the road atlas is enough to convince me to let the GPS pick the route, I just set Aosta as a destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are barely out the gate and heading up the hill onto the A9 when the drizzle starts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s been a slow drive, given the drizzle and occasional rain shower.  I set the cruise control at 90 kph, put on some blues.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

We don\u2019t need to be in France tonight and the weather is predicted to improve tomorrow so we bale.  Re-setting the GPS for a sosta in H\u00f4ne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As we turn for the sosta we see a fortress on the hill. Maybe worth exploring ?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Pam won\u2019t like this photo, but we no sooner pull up and she is in her \u2018lets go for a walk\u2019 mode.  So let\u2019s explain the village of H\u00f4ne is on one side of the Dora Baltea (river) and the village of Bard on the other side.  Hope that clears things up.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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An un-named stream passes by the sosta, so we stop and take in the view.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Crossing the bridge that links H\u00f4ne to Bard.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Practicing with portrait mode on the iPhone.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Walking up H\u00f4ne\u2019s narrow laneways to Forte Bard.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Another random photo of someone\u2019s coutyard.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

We are only half surprised (no one is about) to find Forte Bard is closed on Monday as was every bar and cafe we passed, your can guess what today is ?  So we wander back to the Hymer, it\u2019s all downhill is some consolation.  As tomorrow is another day we will make it a morning walk on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Planning our departure to reach the fort by 10am, we set off once more.  The weather forecast was right, it\u2019s a lovely sunny morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Access to the fort is via 3 funiculars and one conventional lift.  The funicular and lifts are all free as is walking around the external parts of the fort.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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