And suddenly we were off!

We're really on our way, the mood and weather are splendid, the tank is full and everything's aboard.

Cindy suggested an alternative route through Salzburg to Villach instead of ‘again over the Brenner to Italy’, which is only 200 km and that's just a breeze, we are just cruising through that.

Oh yes - it got bumpy, and how!

Up, down, back up and the car's message ‘Brakes need to cool down’ on the next downhill only lifted the mood a little.

If there are alpine passes in Austria, then we have tackled them all on that one single Wednesday!

But I wouldn’t recommend it for imitation….

Bert heroically drove the hefty vehicle over Radstadt, Obertauern, and finally the nasty Katschberg, and then we could log the minimal goal of ‘Italy reached’ just after Villach. (and Cindy booked a VHS course for Geography 😇)

All’s well that ends well: Travisio, pitch, made it all cozy and fell over.

The first view in the morning, even through the dirty window, was heartwarming!

Okay, the sea starts from Thursday then (spoiler: yep, it worked), we are completely without deadline stress.