Day 8
Innsbruck, Austria to Neuchatel, Switzerland -- 450km
After a delicious breakfast with Austrian mountains in sight, time to drive. We started by driving thru Innsbruck to see it but it is nothing special, probably a busy city during winter but not now so we kept going.
As Switzerland is not in the European Union, crossing border to Switzerland is really crossing border, and an officer stopped us and asked for papers. No problem, so we entered the country and went in a highway in a industrial valley, not much sight seeing. Perhaps I should choose a road not a highway. Oh well, let's keep going.
Time to get some Swiss Francs from a cash machine during a stop for gas. Although there are 3 official languages, german, french ant italian, as I speak french I tried to speak in french about toll but the lady there only spoke in german; no good. This time there was no need to pay just to go to the toilette, in some countries there was someone at the entrance of the toilette (rest room) collecting money. Annoying, but not here in Swiss.
Arriving in Neuchatel we kept following the GPS but no success in finding the hotel - a problem with the hotel street name - so we stopped and tryed to figure out a different way to find the hotel. As we were there a local worker stop by and asked in portuguese if we needed help. He was a Portuguese working in Switzerland. As we were a little far away he volunteered to show us the way so we followed him till the hotel. Thanks!
So as usual after checking in and asking the office to keep the giant bag so we wouldn’t carry it to the room neither leave it in the car, we went see the town. It is by a lake, is very nice, old well kept houses.
A light dinner - the nice restaurants were just too expensive - and back to the hotel.
Innsbruck, Austria to Neuchatel, Switzerland -- 450km
After a delicious breakfast with Austrian mountains in sight, time to drive. We started by driving thru Innsbruck to see it but it is nothing special, probably a busy city during winter but not now so we kept going.
As Switzerland is not in the European Union, crossing border to Switzerland is really crossing border, and an officer stopped us and asked for papers. No problem, so we entered the country and went in a highway in a industrial valley, not much sight seeing. Perhaps I should choose a road not a highway. Oh well, let's keep going.
Time to get some Swiss Francs from a cash machine during a stop for gas. Although there are 3 official languages, german, french ant italian, as I speak french I tried to speak in french about toll but the lady there only spoke in german; no good. This time there was no need to pay just to go to the toilette, in some countries there was someone at the entrance of the toilette (rest room) collecting money. Annoying, but not here in Swiss.
Arriving in Neuchatel we kept following the GPS but no success in finding the hotel - a problem with the hotel street name - so we stopped and tryed to figure out a different way to find the hotel. As we were there a local worker stop by and asked in portuguese if we needed help. He was a Portuguese working in Switzerland. As we were a little far away he volunteered to show us the way so we followed him till the hotel. Thanks!
So as usual after checking in and asking the office to keep the giant bag so we wouldn’t carry it to the room neither leave it in the car, we went see the town. It is by a lake, is very nice, old well kept houses.
Estou a adorar a "minha" viagem convosco :)
ReplyDeleteEstou particularmente impressionada com as fotos...lindíssimas. Estás a aprender umas coisas com a tua filha mais nova he he he
what big bag? I don't remember any problematic bag...
ReplyDelete(still glad there are no evidence)