Driving the Alps

Roads in the Alps. other than the autoban and Autostrasa are very narrow and have many hairpin curves. They are not hard to drive, but you must look out for people on cycles and motorcycles which go very fast up and down the mountains. At the top of every pass there are places to pull off, eat and usually have some alcohol -- which seems risky to me. The top picture is of us driving our small Mercedes caught in the middle of around 50 Porches during a rally. I finally pulled over and let them all go by.
If you are going to drive the Alps be sure and bring along a GPS and a cellphone is handy in case of emergency or for making reservations up ahead. One final note: the roads are about 1.5 cars wide in the Dolomites which makes it a little tough when you meet the intercity buses...