A restday? After just two days on the road? Well, you'd be surprised how riding these Alpine twisties can wear you out. So a welcome restday in Andermatt it was. 

But does a restday mean "no riding"? Not necessarily! 
Rob, Doug and Mike said: we go hit the passes! So three big 1250 RT's went out for a big loop around the mountain roads surrounding Andermatt. 

Meanwhile, tourguide Eugen took out another part of the group for a shorter, but still pretty awesome loop around Sustenpass, Grimselpass and Furkapass... Not exactly a "lttle" ride either! 

And the rest of the group had a nice and relaxing day just hanging around. 

Options, variation, different things to do: Grand Alps at its best! 

Briançon... That city filled with history (and cheese where famous french architect Vauban built one of the monumental fortresses for Louis XIV. 

A couple of our guests went out exploring the old town on foot. Tourguide Eugen took another funky bunch on  a wonderful restday ride towards Col de l'Izoard, while the endurance trio in our group went out to explore some tiny little backroads on their own. 

Different options, many things to do. Sounds like an Edelweiss rest day, that! 

Leaving the Savoie region in France, where the "jambon de Savoie" is always so tasty, would make you sad. Not on Grand Alps though, as we head to Val d'Aosta in.Italy. Guess what they make there? Yup! More ham! But also many other tasty things. Let's go find out! 

Todays riding part was wet, rainy and foggy. Still we had an awesome day riding. First we explorer the smallest italian villages along the lakeside of Lake Lugano and Lake Como. We grabbed a perfect italian espresso, conquered the Maloja Pass, visiting Sankt Moritz and after a completely fogged Bernina Pass we turned left to Levigno, where suddenly the fog disapeared.