Three countries - one day, Italy

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- Oct 5, 2017, 9:00am
- 🌫 13 °C
- Altitude: 186 m
- Italy Veneto Affi 45.550052, 10.78906145°33’0” N 10°47’21” E
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Day 40
Three countries - one day
October 5, 2017 in Italy ⋅ 🌫 13 °C
We set off from Venice this morning by 9am amidst heavy fog (to be more accurate, it was smog - pollution was evident throughout Tuscany all the way up to Venice). By the time we started to gather altitude through the Dolomites though, it had cleared to a brilliant blue sky, with the drive only enhanced by beautiful alpine scenery, vibrant green grass and beautiful houses. It was amazing how quickly the architecture style changed compared to the rest of Italy.

We took the long way to Salzburg as we wanted to stop in at Bressanone/Brixen for lunch (see next post), so ended up driving through Italy, Austria, Germany and Austria again on our way to Salzburg today. Can't do that in Australia!

The arrival at our hotel in Salzburg went smoothly - dinner was in an inn down the road, and of course we really had no choice but to eat a Wiener Schnitzel! Finn was not hungry so ordered scrambled eggs - it was enormous!Read more
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10/6/17Reply
Hi Gab & family, what an amazing trip you are having! Awesome planning - maybe a career as a travel agent awaits. There has been no mention of gypsies in Italy, such a shame. Eleanor was in Italy last December. She was billeted with a family in Genoa for 3 weeks and went to school there. She visited lots of the same places. xxkate
10/8/17Reply
Traveler Thanks Kate, I have done aot of "I was last here with Kate in 1991/1992". Man, travelling is so much easier since the invention of the internet. I can't believe that a) we managed to do what we did on so little money and b) did it all with one travel book containing itty bitty writing! But still, I would hate to you t the number of hours I put into the research (the downside of the internet - endless amounts of information and opinions). In new territory now as gave never been to Austria or Germany. Rain in wrecking my plans, I didn't have contingency for wet weather stuff. More the running through the hills alive with the sound of music types of visions really. Kids are so lucky these days with choices for exchange! We only got to see the inside of the Genoa train station. Thanks for writing, lovely to hear from you! Love, me xx
10/9/17Reply
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