We left Thun, for a very long ride today to Italy. Our destination was the town of Tremezzo, on Lake Como. We knew it was going to be a very long day, but I look
ed at the map and still decided to take the route that would go through the mountain passes with the highest elevation. One of the first mountain passes we went through was the Grimsel Pass with an elevation of approximately 2800 meters. The scenery and views were astonishing, even though the sky was was overcast and hazy. Viewing the snow covered Swiss Alps in late July was something I was looking forward to for months.........and here we were. Cows with large bells meandered ar
ound the mountains sides as well. As each mile passed and we climbed higher and higher up the mountains, I could see the ambient temperature gauge in the car gradually go down......reaching a low point of 8 degrees Celsius (45 Fahrenheit), and the strong blowing winds made it feel even colder. We eventually began to descend down the mountains, which was somewhat disappointing, because we knew we were leaving Switzerland for the last time on this trip. Switzerland is actually one of our favorite countries and we hope to be back here very very soon. As we were getting closer to the Italian border, it became rather obvious......many of the street signs and advertisements beg
an to appear in Italian and the architecture of the buildings began to change as well. As the late afternoon gradually ended, we reached Lugano, Switzerland, near the border, and finally crossed into Italy at 5:30 PM to get stuck in complete standstill traffic for approximately one hour. How depressing. We now had to continue our journey toward Lake Como. We finally arrived at our hotel in Tremezzo, across the lake from Bellagio, at about 7:30 PM. After eating a quick dinner at a local Pizzeria, it was off to bed for another exciting day again tomorrow.
We left Thun, for a very long ride today to Italy. Our destination was the town of Tremezzo, on Lake Como. We knew it was going to be a very long day, but I look
ed at the map and still decided to take the route that would go through the mountain passes with the highest elevation. One of the first mountain passes we went through was the Grimsel Pass with an elevation of approximately 2800 meters. The scenery and views were astonishing, even though the sky was was overcast and hazy. Viewing the snow covered Swiss Alps in late July was something I was looking forward to for months.........and here we were. Cows with large bells meandered ar
ound the mountains sides as well. As each mile passed and we climbed higher and higher up the mountains, I could see the ambient temperature gauge in the car gradually go down......reaching a low point of 8 degrees Celsius (45 Fahrenheit), and the strong blowing winds made it feel even colder. We eventually began to descend down the mountains, which was somewhat disappointing, because we knew we were leaving Switzerland for the last time on this trip. Switzerland is actually one of our favorite countries and we hope to be back here very very soon. As we were getting closer to the Italian border, it became rather obvious......many of the street signs and advertisements beg
an to appear in Italian and the architecture of the buildings began to change as well. As the late afternoon gradually ended, we reached Lugano, Switzerland, near the border, and finally crossed into Italy at 5:30 PM to get stuck in complete standstill traffic for approximately one hour. How depressing. We now had to continue our journey toward Lake Como. We finally arrived at our hotel in Tremezzo, across the lake from Bellagio, at about 7:30 PM. After eating a quick dinner at a local Pizzeria, it was off to bed for another exciting day again tomorrow.
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