Hi everybody. After the idyllic campsites we have had over the last few nights, we are forever spoilt.
Tonight we are at Latsch, still in the north of Italy, but a little east of where we were last night, in a reasonably crowded campsite, although I must admit that the only sound I can hear at the moment is the rushing of the river nearby.
We were late getting away from Piuro. It is in such a deep valley that the sun slept in. We didn’t wake up until 7:30. We were then distracted by Peter Rau’s attempt to communicate with us by Skype. He could see and hear us and got a look at the campsite and waterfall behind but we couldn’t see or hear him.
As planned, we headed north into Switzerland and went to St. Moritz. They must have heard we were coming because most of the cable cars and many of the businesses were closed. It was a combination of our being there at siesta time and the fact that it is a quiet part of the year, which suited us nicely. Last night I identified the tallest mountain to which a cable car goes and, after some navigational difficulties, found our way to the base station only to find that it has been closed since April and will open in TWO DAYS TIME!
We did however find our way to the one that is open and had to be content with an altitude of 2700 metres, not the 3000 I was planning on but, we did get a great view of St.Moritz and the spectacular snow topped mountains surrounding it.The beautiful people didn’t seem to be there.
From there we drove north to Zernez and headed east back into Italy. The roads we travelled today, both as we headed for St. Moritz and east from Zernez were as spectacular roads as we have ever seen from the perspective of the views encountered along the way.
Where to from here? Don’t know yet. Generally east towards Venice via the Dolomites, another apparently spectacular part of the world, but I am yet to work out a specific route. Austria’s not far north of here. Having been to Switzerland, we might drop in to Austria as well.
I added some extra photos just to show the driving fun we have had.
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