Sounds like a great trip!

I live in the land of a thousand beers, so I know the drill. Good thing I never really liked beer, or, oddly enough, alcohol in general. I could only drink whisky-cola. When I ran put of Coke I used to get panic attacks as I simply could not swallow pure whisky ... I did like wine, but could not drink more than 2 or 3 glasses with dinner. I was the world’s lousiest alcoholic.

I’m in Tuscany again, this time I did the trip all by myself as my wife was already here. 1400 km drive, no pain. I did it in 2 days, with a stop in Switzerland, but still. There is no way I could have done this 3 years ago, so there is still some progress (although part of that could be mental as well). Mind you, I do have to take it easy the first 2 days after that, otherwise I still “pay” for it.