Dienstag, 22. Mai 2018

Short trip to Italy

The plan was to enjoy a couple of passes on the way to Italy but regardless of the warm temperatures in April the most part are still closed in mid May.
The officer at the Swiss border asked me where I was going and I answered "Umbrail pass", he replied "it's closed". It was silly not to check first but now was too late, the fastest way was to pay the 12€ and cross the tunnel to Livigno, too bad I had filled up in Austria and could not profit from the tax free petrol in Livigno for just 1,04€ each liter. Later I came across another unplanned delay as the Mortirolo pass was also still closed from winter and arrived in Zone much later than expected.

The next day we decided to go for a hike on Monte Isola, the island in the middle of lake Iseo.

It was a beautiful day but the weather suddenly changed getting us by surprise as we eared the thunders not so far away. A little later we're able to have a look at the storm heading towards the island.
The next day we had a look at the pyramids near Zone.