Hi everybody. There is only one word for today, enchanting, and the enchantment continues. As I am typing this the thunder is rumbling and the rain is bucketing down but the water tank is full, the waste tanks are empty, the electricity is plugged in, the gas is turned on, the beer and wine are cold so I don’t need to go outside for any reason.
Today has been overcast and drizzly all day so we weren’t able to do much walking. We have had a very leisurely day visiting Austria as anticipated.
We got away to an early start this morning. We were on the road by 9 o’clock! We had a quick look at Merano but, as usual, couldn’t find anywhere to park so moved on to Bolzano. The longest cable car in the world is located in Bolzano so we were hoping to check it out but, as a policeman told us in no uncertain terms, there is no parking for motorhomes in Bolzano. (We assume that is what he told us. We couldn’t understand what he was saying but got the message loudly and clearly).
From there we headed north to Bressanone where an interesting looking road headed east into Austria towards Lienz. We didn’t go as far as Lienz. We found an even more interesting looking road which took us into the Dolomites and eventually south back into Italy. The area we passed through was truly enchanting, mountain passes, deep valleys and very quaint little Austrian villages.
Unfortunately the clouds meant we couldn’t see the Dolomites in their full splendour but we caught enough glimpses to understand how spectacular they are. We are now camped beside a very picturesque lake near not far north of Undine.
In northern Italy, Switzerland and Austria, there is a lot of German spoken so, thanks to Trish, our communication ability has been somewhat improved.
Tomorrow we head for Venice for a couple of days. Needless to say, there won’t be any motorhome parking in Venice but we have our preferred campground programmed into the GPS and will be commuting by ferry from there.
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