Day 18: From Vorarlberg to Italy (via Liechtenstein and Switzerland)

Again it was time to go on and say goodbye to the good ol' Vorarlberg. As typical for this trip, the weather was rather "moist" and therefore I didn't enjoy the beginning of the trip that much. During the stop at Schottensee I actually met Finnish bikers for the first (and last) time during the trip but the conversation was rather short. They were only wondering what I'm doing there alone :)

In Vorarlberg I took a look at some possible hostels/hotels near Bolzano but I didn't pick any. As usual, I arrived quite late luckily there was room in my first choice: Hotel Diana. The place seemed really nice. I had a nice late dinner and if I would have arrived a bit earlier, there would been also sauna. Instead I had to do with a beer at the lounge where I got to relax for a while, watch the landscapes and have a little chit-chat with some German bikers. That was about it... ZzzZZzzzzz!

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#6: Finally at the hotel

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Day 15 (part 2): to Vorarlberg (through Liechtenstein)

No awesome pictures, no stories... just driving...

And as the elevation shows it was getting more boring. But this wasn't that bad since driving is fun but every now and then there's a need for social contact and I knew that there will be nice people over there :)

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Day 15 (part 1): Grimsel, Furka, Gotthard and Susten reloaded

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Day 14: From Freiburg to Switzerland (Innertkirchen)

The night wasn't the most pleasant one since I got a bit sick from the trip. However I had wasted so much time that I had no time to stick around. My original plan was to visit Bern but since I didn't know anyone in the area I decided to do a compromise: instead of visiting something new, I would go through Grimsel, Furka, Gotthard and Susten like I did during the last year. This would take me closer to Vorarlberg which is of course a must place to visit... I hope this year the weather would be in my side!

After making a hazy estimation how far I would manage to drive, I did some googling and made a call (actually Paola did, thank you for that!) to a hotel close to Interlaken and reserved a room for the night. Then it was all about hitting the road again!

During this ride I already started to see places for which I made the trip: curvy roads and quick changes in elevation. I also had to stop twice because of rain, first time just outskirts of Freiburg and in a place called Sankt Blasien (stop #2).

Damn rain...

Lungerersee during a late late evening

I arrived the place a bit late (after 10 pm), cold as hell again but really happy since especially the drive between Luzern and Innertkirchen was really really awesome (curvy roads, tunnels and great views). After a successful check-in (they even understood my crappy German!) I took a warm shower and rushed downstairs to get something to eat and drink. After long ride, food and a beer I didn't need much fall asleep :)

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Looking good already! ;)