Day 3: 1643: 1,147 miles: Loiano Rioveggio

We're making good time today; there's only a couple of hours driving time until we hit Viterbo. The Merc is running pretty well now since the run is almost entirely motorways today, and it's a comfortable cruise once it gets up to speed.

The challenge is going well. Five out of ten photos bagged, including a coachload of bemused Chinese tourists, some locals at a restaurant, and a group of motorcyclists who, through some sort of linguistic misunderstanding caused by my inept Italian, all jumped on the roof of our car for the shot ...