Danny left on his own to tour the South of France, the North of Italy and Switzerland by train. On the way Mike and Michel joined him.
- From Antwerp to Toulouse;
- Crowne Plaza Toulouse;
- Airbus and Aeroscopia in Toulouse;
- Montpellier;
- Crowne Plaza Montpellier;
- Carcassonne;
- Trains at the Côte d’Azur;
- Holiday Inn Cannes;
- Monaco;
- From Cannes to Turin;
- Holiday Inn Turin City Center;
- Turin;
- Frecciarossa ‘Red Arrow’ train;
- Holiday Inn Milan Garibaldi Station;
- Lake Como;
- Milan – Bernina – Sankt Moritz;
- Hotel Soldanella Sankt Moritz;
- Waldhotel Doldenhorn Kandersteg;
- The Golden Pass line;
- Swiss Riviera;
- Lake Geneva and Geneva;
- InterContinental Geneva;
- TGV Lyria.
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