Day 27 - Rain, Rain, Fog
September 28, 2022 - This was last night's dinner at our apartment.
This morning we had incessant rain, so we were confined to our apartment...
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Day 26 - Country to City
September 28, 2022 - This is Wirzweli, the high alpine village where we are currently staying.
This is the "road" we drive on as we leave th...
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Day 25 - Cows in Schwyz
September 28, 2022 - We left Kirchberg on a drizzly morning, our destination our next airbnb.
The fields are still a vibrant green, as in th...
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Day 24 - Meeting Hannah and Chris
September 27, 2022 - This morning we met up with Hannah and Chris at their airport hotel.
In the north of Switzerland, in Thurgau canton, we...
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Days 22 and 23 - Bye, Jane
September 24, 2022 - We were prepared to be picked up from our hotel in Erding by the local car agent. But as we were eating breakfast, we re...
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Days 20 and 21 - Through to Munich
September 22, 2022 - This is the restaurant in our bed and breakfast in Santa Maria, with Jane and Veda at breakfast.
They are so fortunate...
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Days 18 and 19 - In South Tyrol
September 21, 2022 - This post will cover our last day at Ortisei and our drive to the top of Passo Stelvio.
The internet connection the las...
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Day 17 - Alpe di Siusi
September 18, 2022 - This morning the weather had improved dramatically, so we chose to go up Seiser Alm.
In Italian, that is Alpe di Siusi.
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Day 16 - Rain in the Valley, Snow Higher
September 17, 2022 - It turned colder last night, with rain that continued into the morning. When that happens, there will be snow at higher...
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Day - 15 - Three Passes
September 16, 2022 - We left Cortina this morning, heading west.
The first of the mountain passes we drove was Passo Falzarego.
These spe...
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Day 14 - Around Cortina
September 15, 2022 - Today we went on a leisurely drive north from Cortina, in the direction of Dobbiaco (Toblach in German).
We were lookin...
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Day 13 - Hello From Cortina
September 14, 2022 - Greetings from Cortina d'Ampezzo.
The early morning was not promising, with a low cloud hanging over the valley.
So we...
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Day 12 - Into Northern Italy
September 13, 2022 - This morning we left Kransjka Gora, Slovenia.
This was the area just before we entered Italy.
Into Italy, we were unab...
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Day 11 - Into the Mountains and Over the Pass
September 12, 2022 - This was where we spent last night, in Grobisce. Our apartment was in the door at the left. This building is a new const...
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Day 10 - Going South in Slovenia
September 11, 2022 - Today we left the Lake Bled region, but not before I got one photo of Bled Castle.
We took the autobahn south toward...
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Day 9 - Unexpected Sunshine
September 10, 2022 - So again the weather predictions were wrong. But that was good.
We woke up this morning to a sunny day, with white puff...
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Day 8 - Rain, Rain, and More Rain
September 09, 2022 - Another day of rain, so at least we got our money's worth from the umbrellas.
We left our airbnb but it was still raini...
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Day 7 - Lakes Bled and Bohinj
September 08, 2022 - We were up very early this morning. I think most would classify 5:00 a.m. as early.
I was hoping for nice sunrise.
Thi...
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Day 6 - Into Slovenia
September 07, 2022 - Here is an additional photo of the amazing construction of the Austrian autobahn that I noted yesterday.
Today we did d...
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Day 5 - Driving South
September 06, 2022 - On this sunny morning, we left Bischofshofen, heading south to Slovenia.
After driving a few kilometres on the autobahn...
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Day 4 - Dachstein
September 05, 2022 - This morning we had a lot of fog where we are staying at our airb&b above the valley of Bischofshofen.
The views from h...
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Day 3 - Hallstatt
September 04, 2022 - Jane and Veda pose after our morning breakfast in the hills above Bischofshofen.
We set out to visit Hallstatt, reputed...
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Dat 2 - Into Austria
September 03, 2022 - This morning, after doing some organizing of our luggage, we left our guest house in Stierberg, Germany.
It was a great...
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Day 1 - Arrival in Europe
September 03, 2022 - We left home on Thursday morning, after saying good-bye to Heidi.
We drove to Pearson Airport to catch our evening flig...
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