Saturday, August 23, 2014 | RAY | Europe
Day 7: Last Day - Kals, Austria - Seefald - Austria
Everybody is sad about leaving this beautiful Mountains. We will come back soon is the general meaning.
Day 6: Bolzano, Italy - Kals, Austria
Today there was only one aim: see the Dolomites! Blue sky made the perfect backdrop for this incredibly beautiful part of the Alps. We found some wonderful roads, taking us up and down the mountains. The views were incredible, it was tough to decide where to look first - twisty roads or gigantic mountain peaks!
Jeff, Wakako, Jeff and Steve at the Karer-Lake
Jeff, Theresa, Jay, Wakako and Tony in the Dolomites
Jay, Wakako and Tony - and the Dolomites
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Day 5: Livigno, Italy to Bolzano, Italy
Perfect Weather the hole day. We had a lot of Fun at the Passo di Stelvio, Passo di Gavia, Tonale, Passo di Mendola!
Sightseeing in Glurns
Sausage at Bruno´s on Top of the Stelvio
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Day 4: Rest day in Livigno, Italy
Rest day - after long riding days with millions of turns and twists, we have definitely deserved it! But as usual, not everybody was going to rest...Some of us explored Livigno, the beautiful town high up in the Italian mountains. The rest of the gang decided to ride a little more: Five mountain passes were just the right amount for this "rest day"...
At first we had a few drops of rain, but as soon as we had finished our first coffee stop on the Albula Pass, the rain disappeared and gave way to a blue sky and lots of sunshine! Here are some impressions:
First stop on Bernina Pass
Wakako on Bernina
Cappuccino de Luxe!
Sun's out for Chuck, Jeff and Steve!
Wakako, Chuck, Jay, Jeff, Steve and Chris on the Ofenpass.
Back in Livigno!
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Day 3: Andermatt, Switzerland - Livigno, Italy
Gotthard Pass - rainy and foggy
San Bernadino - foggy and rainy
Coffe Stop
Steven and Tony looking for the weather
Passo del Bernina - same weather as the other passes
Hmm - Pizza
10 minutes later
Day 2: Warth, Austria - Andermatt, Switzerland
Another fresh morning waited for us. Today we would visit three countries - before lunch time! At 9:00 a.m., everybody was ready to go and we started out on small mountain backroads towards our first mountain pass of the day, the Furkajoch.
After that, we reached our second country of the day, Liechtenstein. But as the Duke was not at home and did not invite us for lunch, we had to find a restaurant in country #3, Switzerland.
One more pass, the Klausenpass, had to be mastered - and then we were standing in front of the master of the crossbow, Wilhelm Tell.
Finally we reached Andermatt, were another (light?) dinner waited for us!
The group, ready to go!
Tony, Wakako, Chris and Jay on the Furkajoch
Mr. and Mrs. Smith on the Furkajoch
A typical, light Edelweiss lunch... on the Walensee in Switzerland
Wakako, riding up the Klausenpass
Tony and Jay, working the switchbacks on Klausenpass
Masters of the curves and the master of the crossbow!
Nice looking and healthy food - for Dinner
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Day 1: Seefeld, Austria - Warth, Austria
And off we go!
After a quiet and cool night in the charming little town of Seefeld, we got together for our first morning briefing. Ray pointed out the highlights of today, including Bavarian King Ludwig's Palace Linderhof. Tomorrow, 150 years ago, the most famous Bavarian was born.
After everybody had copied the map for today, it was time to get going. The morning rain had almost stopped, when the group, with members from the Australia, Japan and the USA, left and headed towards Germany:
Leaving Seefeld
Picture Stop at the beautiful Walchensee in Germany
Visit Ettal Abbey an Benedictine monastery
Linderhof Palace Wakako and Chuck in front of the fountain
... and the next Palace - Neuschwanstein a nice Picture Stop
Steven and Jeff, some Multistrada and Neuschwanstein Palace in the Background
Chris Birthday...
... means ...
Cake for everybody - hmmmm! - Thanks Chris!
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Majestic Alps is almost ready to go - We looking forward to an fantastic Tour.