Day 27 Another 8am start to travel our 292km to Lech, Austria. We started the day by climbing back over Passo di Gardena, heading West to St. Ulrich. We then used the motorway to head North East passed Brixen then onto Sterzing.before leaving Itally via the 2474 meter, Timmelsjoch Pass. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timmels joch This pass was first planned in 1859 however it was not completed and opened to traffic until 1967. Often called the "Secret Pass" beca...

Day 17 We set off at 8am for the 284km trip  following the Vltava River to The Austrian border then onto Salzburg. Much of todays ride is through pristine Austrian countryside with picture perfect scenery. I even found my self singing "The `hills are alive with the sound of music. With songs they have herd for a thousand years". Unfortunately I could not remember the next line of the song so I just continuously repeated those two lines until my throat got dr...

Day 6 We set off this morning under very grey skies and as we were pulling out of the hotel parking lot it began to rain.It rained all day today and we had to ride through low cloud on the mountain roads. I could not even see the dashboard on my bike. Scary stuff and probably the hardest riding I have ever done. But I enjoyed it ���� After crossing the border into Austria we stopped for lunch at a wonderful cafe by a lake. We were al, ...