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EP7 airs 12/23 : "This is Forever, Now"
georgiapeach:
Thanks guys--I should KNOW better than to mess with GE! :lol3:
This picture shows at your location which thanks to Slowhatch's pretty overhead IS at the right place......
apskip:
--- Quote from: georgiapeach on December 12, 2007, 01:50:55 PM ---Apskip, I think we are looking at what might be a Roadblock "twirl the flags" but since we can't see if Vyxsin is doing it too--it could be a Detour as well. And we are in Vinci Italy now....
But we need input on if/when/how teams can get into Italy. Vinci is only about 30 minutes from Florence so could they arrive at the airport, come directly here for a Roadblock (maybe drive yourself to Leonardo di Vinci's birthplace) and be here by noon??
Or maybe we will get some "creative scheduling" like on the last leg.... leave at 1AM indeed!
Are they flying into Florence or maybe even Pisa as patlini mentioned?
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Pisa is out of the question. It works only for flights from Paris-CDG. From places reachable from Dubrovnik on Friday July 20, which is the short list of Zagreb and Frankfurt, it does not work at all. Teams wanting to get there in the morning will go through Frankfurt to get to Florence-Peretola airport.
apskip:
On the question of distance and time from Florence Peretola airport to Vinci, it is 28.73 miles and 49 minutes. I investigated bus and train possibilities, but I ahve not yet discovered anything for Vinci, which appears to be off the beaten track.
1: Start out going WEST on VIALE SPARTACO LAVAGNINI toward VIA ENRICO POGGI. 0.1 miles Map
2: VIALE SPARTACO LAVAGNINI becomes VIALE FILIPPO STROZZI. <0.1 miles Map
3: Keep LEFT at the fork to continue on VIALE FILIPPO STROZZI. 0.2 miles Map
4: Keep RIGHT at the fork to continue on VIALE FILIPPO STROZZI. <0.1 miles Map
5: VIALE FILIPPO STROZZI becomes VIALE BELFIORE. 0.3 miles Map
6: VIALE BELFIORE becomes PIAZZALE DI PORTA AL PRATO. <0.1 miles Map
7: Stay STRAIGHT to go onto VIALE FRATELLI ROSSELLI. <0.1 miles Map
8: VIALE FRATELLI ROSSELLI becomes PIAZZA VITTORIO VENETO. 0.2 miles Map
9: PIAZZA VITTORIO VENETO becomes PONTE DELLA VITTORIA. <0.1 miles Map
10: Stay STRAIGHT to go onto PIAZZA TADDEO GADDI. Pass through 1 roundabout. <0.1 miles Map
11: Keep RIGHT at the fork to continue on PIAZZA TADDEO GADDI. <0.1 miles Map
12: PIAZZA TADDEO GADDI becomes VIA DEI VANNI. 0.2 miles Map
13: VIA DEI VANNI becomes PIAZZA PAOLO UCCELLO. <0.1 miles Map
14: Stay STRAIGHT to go onto VIA DEL SANSOVINO. 0.3 miles Map
15: Stay STRAIGHT to go onto VIALE FRANCESCO TALENTI. 0.1 miles Map
16: Keep RIGHT at the fork to continue on VIALE FRANCESCO TALENTI. Pass through 1 roundabout. 0.3 miles Map
17: Stay STRAIGHT to go onto VIALE ETRURIA. 0.8 miles Map
18: Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto STRADA DI GRANDE COMUNICAZIONE FI-PI-LI / SUPERSTRADA FIRENZE-PISA-LIVORNO. Continue to follow STRADA DI GRANDE COMUNICAZIONE FI-PI-LI. 18.2 miles Map
19: Take the ramp toward EMPOLI OVEST / PONTE A ELSA. 0.3 miles Map
20: Enter next roundabout and take 1st exit onto VIA PRIMO MAGGIO. 0.1 miles Map
21: Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto VIA VAL D'ELSA / SP10 / STRADA PROVINCIALE VAL D'ELSA. Continue to follow VIA VAL D'ELSA. 1.2 miles Map
22: VIA VAL D'ELSA becomes SP11 / VIA PROVINCIALE LA MOTTA / STRADA PROVINCIALE PISANA PER FUCECCHIO. 0.2 miles Map
23: Enter next roundabout and take 1st exit onto SP112 / STRADA PROVINCIALE DELLA MOTTA. 1.4 miles Map
24: Turn LEFT onto STRADA PROVINCIALE MONTALBANO / SP13. 0.4 miles Map
25: Enter next roundabout and take 2nd exit onto VIA PROVINCIALE DI MERCATALE / SP13 / STRADA PROVINCIALE MONTALBANO. 2.3 miles Map
26: Enter next roundabout and take 1st exit onto SP13 / STRADA PROVINCIALE MONTALBANO. 0.8 miles Map
27: End at Vinci, Toscana IT Map
Total Est. Time: 49 minutes Total Est. Distance: 28.73 miles
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The nice MapQuest map that can be used to interpret the above is at
http://www.mapquest.com/directions/europe.adp?go=1&do=nw&rmm=1&un=m&cl=EN&qq=1ADqpk24ofDJKmAyur5Ad0kyL8DZZYhqavcEzEA7hyIJFSMIW0sOURmsSNS5WPrBl9W4qBnfA6EOrODSGNMRSMkMHD%252fcigH9s1CWNzH9SiLuT%252fJEH0fOd4P5L1tThj%252b9&ct=EU&r=f&rsres=1&1y=IT&1a=&1c=Florence&1z=&panelbtn=1&2y=IT&2a=&2c=Vinci&2z=
georgiapeach:
DO I have the flight info straight in my mind? The earliest flight to Florence gets teams in at 1220--otherwise they are scattered from 2 to after 6?
And remember that Eilan was in the airport that morning (7/20) and was on a "pre-dawn" flight via Zagreb full of production--all of whom got off at Zagreb to change planes. But at that hour she saw NO racers either in the airport or on her plane. And she was looking!
So are TPTB going to be giving us a pure fantasy 12-hour atypical pitstop again with a later start?? Last time there was no way teams checked in at sunset and departed at 1....
Because if teams arrive in Florence late afternoon there is going to be some bunching somewhere since we have Chateau claiming the Flag tossing task as between 9AM and noon (better times promised for later).
And a nighttime bunch seems very strange with a FF on the table....
Maybe this is all to line us up for the right flights Florence to India (Mumbai?) ....
Chateau d If:
This shot was taken between 12:14 and 12:23 pm (assumes July 21st).
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