First day away from Annecy

We left Annecy at 9:30 am.

Took a train to Torino,

and then rented a car,

and drove to the Cinque Terre.

Psh.... who am i kidding?

it was NOT that easy.

So our train was originally going to Milan

But we just got off in Torino 

and rented a car.
{to save time}

So when we were on the train 

a couple next to us told us that 

there were 2 stops in Torino.

After they got off....

the girl in front of the them turned to us 

and said no there aren't....

the next stop is Milan.

So we thought we would be safe and get off here.

We walked up and outside from the train station

and ended up in the middle of a random local street.

We thought we would just stop at a store to ask for directions....

well, it was a holiday so EVERYTHING was closed.

We wandered for a while and found a random newspaper stand

We stopped to get directions and 

the lady had no idea what we were talking about

{we were looking for Hertz}

Then 2 ladies walk up to buy something
and ask what we were looking for

Turns out there were 2 exits out of the train station

{not 2 stops}

and we got off the wrong one.

They were soo nice,
they walked us for about a half hour to where we needed to go

and then send us on the metro.

We get off the metro and then ask a girl where our road was 

{we got the address for Hertz}

She was like, 

Oh its just right around this corner,

then the road ends and its right there.

Turns out it wasnt as close as she said.

We walked for 1 hour and 1/2 

{we were going the right way the whole time}

in the BLAZING heat, with all our luggage

until we ran into it.

turns out the road that "ended" was soooo long.

We finally found Hertz.

BUT then they wouldnt let us rent the car because 

Spencer left his license in Logan,

so they couldnt give it to us.

I had mine. 

But the minimum age is 23 to rent a car.

We didnt know what to do.

They were on and off the phone for a while

Until finally, they decided they would let me drive

{for an extra fee of course}

We also paid extra for whats called a "Never Lost"

{its a garmin GPS system}

We finally get on our way {hours later}

We thought we would save time getting off

in Torino.... haha. that didnt work

So we are driving to the Cinque Terre 

about 20 min into our drive,

the Never Lost dies.

no battery.

no charger.

we are just S.O.L.

So we have to find an exit, drive into town

buy a map and get on our way.

Then we really get on our way.
But most of our day we were supposed to spend
in Cinque Terre was wasted wandering around in Torino.

what a day.

{to say the least}

so frustrating.

until next time.....

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