Dan_Veluwe
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I mentioned before on the forum that I would undertake a trip from Austria working towards Spain, together with my 18jr son,
who just finished his high school exams [ gymnasium ]. He actually configured the car and sofar we only did some local drives
where we live and two sort trips to Germany.
This kind of trips take months of planning, in an attempt to get it 'right' . Now the planning for the route and hotels and so on
proved excellent sofar.
The only thing making us unhappy is the fact roughly 70% of the highest passes are closed due to recent heavy snowfall.
We had to change routes and end up spending days with alternative activities, as we can not drive the planned route.
I am now adapting the route the night before. Sofar I had no chance to compile video's or upload. I just do not have time for it.
A major headache is the very bad information the routeplanner gives on blocked roads. I now first make a route on google maps,
then put it in 'here'.
The day we leave I check on the 'google maps' phone app. This has very recent info, that can be updated by anyone. Very useful.
Open/closed mountain passes [ check the text balloon if closed ]: https://www.alpen-paesse.ch/en/
If anybody wants to know more, just pm me.
The first day [21/5] we drove through Germany. Very heavy traffic . The A3 was for large sections filled on the first lane with trucks, and many roadworks make it a very slow route. No interesting images of that day.
2d day (22.5).
We entered Austria through small town, avoiding the highways. One have to buy a taxsticker to drive on the highways. For the 36 hours we were about to stay, not worth it. We had only 3km's of highway which we could avoid.
The first dry moment in two days. Amazing how many uses shades of blue are used for roadmarkings and signs.
Unterach am Attersee
Town of Mondsee, rain continues..
Along the Mondsee
We continued along the Halstattersee. The place is a real tourist trap. Busloads of Chinese..
Rain was so heavy the images I made are tints of grey only..
We then ran into the first pass, and actually closed too. The Sölkpass.. Since the navigation did not warn us we ended up
in front of a sign 'closed' .... We had to re-route around the mountains and forgot to insert 'no highways' , due to the toll.
So we were driving onto the highway with a sign ' sticker obliged' beyond a point we could still avoid it : on the entry lane!
So the first exit we went off again. I can only hope it will not result in a € 200 fine... Thanks mr. Here !!!
Only one hour late we arrived at the place we booked that night. The rain stopped the last hour of the drive.
who just finished his high school exams [ gymnasium ]. He actually configured the car and sofar we only did some local drives
where we live and two sort trips to Germany.
This kind of trips take months of planning, in an attempt to get it 'right' . Now the planning for the route and hotels and so on
proved excellent sofar.
The only thing making us unhappy is the fact roughly 70% of the highest passes are closed due to recent heavy snowfall.
We had to change routes and end up spending days with alternative activities, as we can not drive the planned route.
I am now adapting the route the night before. Sofar I had no chance to compile video's or upload. I just do not have time for it.
A major headache is the very bad information the routeplanner gives on blocked roads. I now first make a route on google maps,
then put it in 'here'.
The day we leave I check on the 'google maps' phone app. This has very recent info, that can be updated by anyone. Very useful.
Open/closed mountain passes [ check the text balloon if closed ]: https://www.alpen-paesse.ch/en/
If anybody wants to know more, just pm me.
The first day [21/5] we drove through Germany. Very heavy traffic . The A3 was for large sections filled on the first lane with trucks, and many roadworks make it a very slow route. No interesting images of that day.
2d day (22.5).
We entered Austria through small town, avoiding the highways. One have to buy a taxsticker to drive on the highways. For the 36 hours we were about to stay, not worth it. We had only 3km's of highway which we could avoid.
The first dry moment in two days. Amazing how many uses shades of blue are used for roadmarkings and signs.
Unterach am Attersee
Town of Mondsee, rain continues..
Along the Mondsee
We continued along the Halstattersee. The place is a real tourist trap. Busloads of Chinese..
Rain was so heavy the images I made are tints of grey only..
We then ran into the first pass, and actually closed too. The Sölkpass.. Since the navigation did not warn us we ended up
in front of a sign 'closed' .... We had to re-route around the mountains and forgot to insert 'no highways' , due to the toll.
So we were driving onto the highway with a sign ' sticker obliged' beyond a point we could still avoid it : on the entry lane!
So the first exit we went off again. I can only hope it will not result in a € 200 fine... Thanks mr. Here !!!
Only one hour late we arrived at the place we booked that night. The rain stopped the last hour of the drive.
