Always interested to discover the world, I proposed my services when I heard about a request to transport to northern Italy a series of scientific instruments. This contract gave us the opportunity to extend our journey crossing some nice spots 🙂
Half day at work, all started at home, with a heavy loaded car (counting with over 150kg of luggage). First stop in Brussels to pick up Denisa after her class and… on the road again for a 3000km 5 days trip.
650km later, crossing a part of Germany, we arrived in Ulm, our first stop, mostly motivated by the research of a bed; the city did not catch much our attention despite some few historical spot and an interesting bikeways organisation.
All started early the second day when crossing the German-Austrian border and we entered the Alps crossing the country, first east to Innsbruck then south to Italy. What an incredible moment, the sun and the blue sky revealing breath taking landscapes one after one keeping us looking more at them than the road (hum hum 😉 ). It is an amazing time which we could only advice to all nature lovers.
Crossing the Italian border was synonym of starting the descent, which last for a couple of hours to Verona (the city of Romeo and Juliette) and, finally, Ferrara where we were expected at the university to deliver our parcels. Released of our mission, we started our journey in direction of the Adriatic’s beauty: Venice not without taking the time to discover Ferrara, its castle, cathedral and downtown.
Italy has this unique particularity to host amazing spots everywhere 🙂
Due a late arrival in the Doge city, we did not move former than the land and the camping, located on the cost with a view on the islands. The time to set our tent, to enjoy the view, we have entered the camping restaurant to get server the thinnest pizza ever!
When reading about the city, it was underline the bad quality of the food and the permanent cheating behaviour of the locals out of the Italian standards. We confirmed.
We woke up with the sun to fetch our Vaporetto (bus boat) to the city and there started the immersion in time. Indeed, despite that, some of the city has been renewed and other parts should, this is an amazing labyrinth of little streets, crossed by canals, opening on gorgeous places in an unmatchable frame.
Our first target was the Saint Marc square with its tower, its cathedral, its clock and its pigeons :-). Gliding along the Grand Canal to the arsenal before losing ourselves among the little street not facing funny position where only boats could have moved forward 🙂
After a day, getting along this romantic city and passing hundreds bridges, we took back the Vaporetto to our camping where we took our car to find a better restaurant 😉 Mission accomplished with a tasty pizza in a Friendly frame!
A second night under the tent later, we are on the road again in direction of Salzburg, Austria. Once again, with the pleasure to cross the Alps, this time in a lower altitude where large spaces covered by pebble are ready to welcome to melted water in spring. It is still so amazing!
Salzburg welcomed us with a blue sky and the sun, much welcome for this city at the edge of a hill counting with one of the largest castle on his top… Unfortunately, the time to go through the traffic and park, a heavy fog took it out of reach. However, this didn’t affect our joy to walk along the old (but refreshed) downtown of the mother city of Mozart… you cannot miss it 😉
A couple of hour later, we are on the road again direction Munich, Germany! Once again, we started by taking possession of our room, before seeking for a restaurant in the neighbourhood. We, funnily, arrived in an empty Iranian restaurant.
A long recovering night after, direction downtown to discover this city and its highly decorated city hall and to enjoy the local “light” food. Nevertheless, time passed and it was for us synonym of taking back the wheel direction Luxembourg where we just took some gas before the last hundreds kilometres to home after 5 days and 3000 km.
It is time now to go back to our usual way of life… until our next adventure 🙂