Wow, what a day yesterday was! Let’s call it the tunnels, vistas and white knuckles driving day.
We left Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany and drove through the Alps on a partly sunny, rainy, stormy day. After Germany came Austria, then Liechtenstein, then Switzerland. Cindy is so disappointed. We have only had our passports checked once, when we arrived in Germany, at the start of the adventure.
The drive was 7 hours long and we saw unbelievable vistas on the drive and enjoying a picnic over looking a lake in Switzerland. We drove through amazing tunnels on the drive, well over 60 in total. Several were over 5 km long, one was over 10 km long. Unbelievable engineering. Only one had a toll which surprised us.
The drive through the winding Alps was a bit hairy at times. Semi trucks and unbelievably aggressive drivers made for quite the experience. They love to drive aggressively here😳
We arrived in lovely Merligen on Lake Thun in Switzerland. Below you can see the view from our front patio. Cindy particularly loves the cows grazing on the land below us with cow bells on and the church bells from the neighboring church.
The weather the next few days is cloudy with showers. We will make the best of it with hikes and day trips in the Alps. Lots of stuff still snowed in 😳
Don’t miss the enclosed video with the Swiss cows in our yard😎
We did enjoy an extra glass of vino on the patio last night and enjoying our salads dining al fresco. Pinch us 👍
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