Cococay

The pool area

Miami port, disembark

Tuscany

What a place, as always nice scenery, wine and roads.

Boat rental

To day it was boat rental for half a day and as always the weather was great and we had a fantastic day.

Locarno, Switzerland

Do I need to say more? Fantastic place

Klausen Pass

A small part of the beautiful Klausen Pass. The roads are really narrow in many sections. I'm in heaven and the Beemer is just doing a great job.

Bodensee

On the way to Klausen pass we stopped at Bodensee, the heat is starting to pick up, life is good..

Second really nice Gasthof

This nice Gasthof in Grösried was a pleasant surprise, nicely located and clean, good food and really friendly staff. We spent one night here.

Trier

Good morning from Trier, the view from the Hotel

Mosel river

Birstein gaststätte

It's been a good day with transport down to the area of Frankfurt. We are at Ann's gasthof with plenty of space compared to the cabin on the ferry. This evening will end with a good dinner, of course German style, and a walk before hitting the sack.

Road trip 2015

The ferry from Gothenburg to Kiel is the first leg, 3500hk and only 17 knots, what a pity, they are only using a fraction of the power 😈. Life is good.

The Killers at Globen

Can it be much better?

Stockholm

Lite is good when the smoker is on

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One big leg, the last

After tons of roadwork in southern Germany the roads started to clear up and we got moving in a good manner. We didn’t know where we would end this day due to the weather, heavy rain. We headed our way up to Rostock via Berlin. After a quick visit to the boarder shop we were lucky to get on the 17:30 ferry from Rostock to Gedser, Denmark. Then it was just to move on home in silly speeds on the Danish and Swedish highways. We reached home at 00:40 after 1202 Km for the last leg, and it was 12 degrees at home. In total we have driven 7089 Km.

What a vacation it has been, just great, can’t wait until the next road excursion….

Rostock

Thank's Europe

Ann’s Gasthof

At the end of day one on the way home we spent the night at one of all the great Gasthof’s in Germany. Ann has been talking about this, that we should fins a nice gasthof on our way home in Germany. The first one we came to was closed but the second one was open after some looking around. The name of the gasthof was Zur schönen Aussicht, “beautiful view” in English. It was all we could ask for, small and cozy and with a friendly owner family that had a very nice place with a charming small garden. For a small amount of € we got a room with breakfast and dinner.

Bremgarten, Switzerland

Before we started our journey home we visited the small old picturesque village Bremgarten. These small villages are just so nice and especially when there is more or less no traffic in the old parts (not like in ItalyJ. We bought some bred for our picnic on our first leg to home, and off we went….

A Beautiful collection of Swiss passes, Nufenen pass, Grimsel pass and Susten pass

What a day it has been and what scenery Switzerland has to offer, life is good.

We started out from Locarno and visited the dam Verzasca just north east from Locarno. This is the location where they filmed one episode of James Bond 007 Golden Eye. The dam is not so wide but very deep so it was hard to stay close to the fence.

After this we headed up north to our final destination for the day in Berikon, Swizerland, west from Zürich. The fastest way is 1.5 hours but we headed up the mountains to get some views instead of driving 17 Km in the Gotthard tunnel. We got some wise advice not to drive the Gotthard pass instead to take a pass tour in this region. It started out with Nufenen pass that is the highest in Switzerland (2478m), at the top it was just 10 degrees and with our outfit we didn’t stay for a long time before we ran back to the car and turned on the heat.

Nufenen Pass

@ 2478m and 10 degrees, brrr

Furka steam railway “Furka-Bergstrecke”, Oberwald to Gletsch

What a timing we had when we came to Oberwald and the steam train was firing up for a trip among the mountain railway from Oberwald to Gletsch. The steam, smoke and sound from this vintage train was just wonderful to experience at his close distance.

Grimsel and Susten Pass

All of these Swiss passes are more “kind” than Stelvio pass that is steeper and more brutal. The scenery along these Swiss passes is just astonishing and several times like a fairytale. Enjoy

Photo taken from the Grimsel pass looking over the Furka paas

The top of Grimsel Pass

Susten Pass