Day 61 - Falcade to Munich

After crisscrossing Switzerland and going in and out of Italy, we said goodbye to Italy on our way to Munich. We drove north over the Falzarego Pass and the Valparola Pass—the last two Italian passes on our trip.

We then passed the Austrian border on our way to view the Grossglockner. The Grossglockner is, at 3,798 metres above the Adriatic, the highest mountain in Austria and the highest in the Alps east of the Brenner Pass. It is a very well-made road, and I would expect to be so, given we were charged €40.00 to drive up it.

From the top car park, you can get a great view of the Grossglockner and its glacier. On our way down, we sat at one of the picnic benches and had our lunch with a magnificent view. We then drove over the pass at Hochtor and down the other side.

The road to Munich was busy, and we were stuck in traffic several times. Though we enjoyed driving on some great roads, this stop/start traffic was no fun. We had covered 480 kilometres in the day, and we were on the road for 12 hours. I was exhausted at the end of the day.Read more