Pisa and the leaning tower

Today we visited Pisa for a short stop to look at the leaning tower in Pisa (Torre pendente di Pisa) When you see this massive tower and how it does lean it is quite remarkable and also the fact that is has sunk like 2 meters since it was built in 1173.

After this tourist stop we headed out to the beach for some ours of breeze and nice temperature in the ocean. After this we dropped off Jimmy and Linnea at the airport for their trip back home to Sweden. We did hit the highest temperature so far today, 36.5 degrees and there shall be more to come but then we will be at the sea instead of inland ;-)

Tomorrow we will checkout from the Norcenni Girasole Club and then we will take the ferry to Sardinia for our last and final stop (for a week) in Italy. We will depart from Livorno and arrive in Olbia the day after.

Everyone is feeling ok and Ann has recovered good form here cold and the CC is marching on and has now done >3200 Km and the only issue is that the road designers in Italy hasn’t thought about cars with a lower ground clearance than 15 cm, even if it is Ferrari country ;-)

Wine, wine and more wine, this is wine country, I think we will end up with several boxes of nice wines in the trunk to be enjoyed at home.

And what else can you ask for than having Italy in the final in the Europe Cup when we are here;-)

Life is good

Tuscany

This great part of Italy with the green hills and plenty of vineyards and a butcher in Greve di Chianti that can treat all type of meat in a good manner. Our stationary campervan that we have rented was not according to the specifications but that doesn’t matter because we only sleep in the campervan and do nice trips during the days. Jimmy and Linnea will be leaving us tomorrow and that is sad but we have had some wonderful days together. Internet coverage is not normal in this part of Tuscany so I will try to post this message first and then some pictures. Tomorrow it will be visiting Pisa with the leaning tower and hopefully some nice beaches. Yesterday we did visited Rimini with some great beaches and nice weather. I hope all is good at home and that the weather is catching up.  

Lago di Garda

Today we drove from Bormio to Sirmione, at the lake Lago Di Gardga. We arrived with quite good weather but after some time the weather gods opened up the taps, it was a short shower and then it was over. The apartment is really good and over expectation and we (Ann) did a really good Italian dinner today. Tomorrow it will be a layback day and soon Jimmy and Linnea is coming down, can’t wait to meet them.

And what do you find if not a perfectly restored Fiat 500, there were lots of nice cars like Ferrari’s and Lamborghini but this takes the price of best of the show.

And what did we found in a small harbor during the evening walk, a Saga 7000 !!! How did this one end up here???

Life is good

Stelvio Pass, Italy.

Stelvio Pass is located in the most northerly  part of Italy, just on the boarder to Switzerland. If Grossglockner was drivers paradise Stelvio Pass is drivers heaven. Our GPS’s did get a touch of ADHD for a while so we ended up on the wrong roads, but they were also nice and after some time we found our way to Stelvio. The top was at 2770 m.

Talk about tourist exploration at an altitude

Can it be much better? A wonderful wife, great roads and Das Auto

I have started a Twitter GPS blog that is posting positions and destination times on Twitter from the GPS. I don’t know how to look at this but you can search for my name at Twitter.

Grossglockner, Austria

After picking up Ann at the airport in Munich we drove down to Austria and up to the massive Grossglockner, this was really something above (ha-ha) the normal type of roads and scenery, enjoy

The great roard heading up to the pass

Nice backdrop ;-)

The CC is feeling at home on home turf

Grossglockner @ 2571 m altitude

Drivers paradise

After Grossglockner we stopped over night at a Hotel in Heiligenblut on the low lands (1300m:-)

Morning mist in Heiligenblut

Aschau Germany

Thomas is talking to the dinner

Mr Van Geel, one of the great personalities at the Office in Aschau

Spectacular views @ 1600 m altitude

This fantastic trip started out with a nice boat trip from Gothenburg to Kiel. In front of me is the great continent called Europe. But what you see here is Gothenburg :-)

Yes, now its time for some nice vacatio again. This time it will be a nice Europe trip by car, the tool of freedom. Pics to come