The riches of a European road trip: A fortnight-long 2,294-mile drive to Italy via France, Belgium, Germany, Austria and Switzerland is like a modern-day version of The Grand Tour

The riches of a European road trip: A fortnight-long 2,294-mile drive to Italy via France, Belgium, Germany, Austria and Switzerland is like a modern-day version of The Grand Tour

Fifty miles into Belgium, I wonder if we might regret our rash decision to drive all the way to Lucca in Tuscany, via Heidelberg and the Tyrol, and back via Switzerland — a 2,294-mile round trip.As a child I dreaded interminable car journeys. But it was pleasing being...