Venice...

So we tripped off to Italy. Bought ourselves some food at the Slovenian Supermarket and back in the car for some road trip time again. A quick stop at the lake bled - too commercialised for me - not anything like the lake I added in my last post. So we didn't stay long - or take a boat ride or anything like that, plus we needed to be in Veronia by the end of the day and we had to see Venice - for those wondering, we couldn't find a place to stay in Venice - plus the parking is quite expensive, so we opted to stay elsewhere.

Now.. let me tell you what I thought of Venice. Well, it was cool - but not that cool. Ok, they had water for roads. big deal - been done in Amsterdam. And before you tell me that it is nothing like Amsterdam, and that it dates back to the 9th century - ok ok, I get it. But for me it was a little too touristy, a little too "this is the best place of all time" and was like a maze of close together buildings and waterways with way too many people. Now - the main square - San Marco was pretty cool. The architecture and the square with people everywhere, and the touch of class that was added by the waiters in white suits etc. I don't think I like Italy really, I don't know what it is about it, but I'm yet to be wooed by the people, the experience or the "sights" now - that is a bit negative, and on the whole it was pretty cool, but I don't think it was AS cool to warrant the amount of people that were walking there. Maybe I might go back when I am older - but for now - venice will not be a place I go back to any time soon. Switzerland on the other hand....

Thought i better put a picture in

So we went to Verona after a food stop at a 'gas station' and got some weird looks from the locals - looking at us munching on bread and buttering our bread with our fingers... haha - it was nice, but not obviously up to the standard the Italians are used to. I suppose the French would frown also haha. Our hotel was very nice - worth much more then the 27 euro that we paid. It felt like a decent hotel, not a hostel. The next morning after Andrew reversed into a stationary post (shakes head) we set off for Switzerland - I was happy to leave Italy. - we will leave it at that :-) I drove quickly after the guys were too tired - poor things, that is another thing I have noticed, I am sleeping way less then the other guys, averaging about maybe 6-7 hours a night, and they are about the same, but are sleeping any chance they get - mostly in the car. It is so weird.  So I drove to Switzerland - (before going through the 20 euro of tolls on the Italian freeways GRRRRR.)

We stopped a castle or two on the way to our nights accommodation, it was ok, nothing exciting. Saw some demonstrations in Italian - even though we were well into Switzerland... and we somehow bumped into the tour de suise (swizz) SPEWING!!! With plans to see the riders on the tour de france, we happened to - by chance run into another tour and have already booked our accommodation somewhere else, it was a great pity, cause the city was very nice, the party was just getting started, and there was stalls everywhere, and also, the bike race started at 3:00 and finished at 6.  Poor us... I was do disappointed. But the drive after it well and truely made up for it.  So picture this.
Huge mountains on both sides.
Green valleys in the middle.
Clouds covering the tops of the mountains, the freeway clinging almost obtrusively to the side of the mountain overlooking the valley of - damn those Italians again  (Italian designed houses!!) but oh well... it didn't detract at all - well maybe 1%. Then I drove on a freeway with no other cars, the other cars on the other side were
all gridlocked! kinda cool for us. I have to sleep now, but I will post some photos of what I am meaning. I love Switzerland so far... (well the scenery anyway)