Tuesday 10 August 2010

Switzerland

Waw, what a day. This is the first day that i'm really tired of driving. I've driven around 500-600km, but on the narrow streets of Switzerland localities that were either going up or going down, never on the same level. And this people that are sleeping behind the wheel ... they kept me with 70 between localities (the limit is 80), and in the locality 30-40 ... i was going crazy.
But the catch of the day: we leave Lyon, we take the highway to Geneva, cause that's why we went through Lyon. Very beautiful, i'm not sorry for those 11.5 euro. When we enter Switzerland, a lady wants to stick the vignette on the windshield, and asks us 40euro. Hey, wait a minute, i don't want to use the highway. No? - she says, then you must go back to France. No, look on the GPS, i will go out at first exit in 1km, wtf, i need to pay 40euro for that? Yes, 40 euro. Ok, no thanks, i'm going back. then we go, i don't see the road left that takes us back, so i go straight, and go like my GPS was saying. But ... surprise: that exit was on another highway, in fact that's where the highway starts in Switzerland. There was a red light, in front Police, left some industrial parc. the exit in 2km. No, i won't pass near police control, the fine would be too big. so i take the left, go through that industrial parc (decision made in 1 sec) and from there the GPS takes us to Geneva without using highways (it was set like this from entering Switzerland, forbid highways). Common, 40 euro highway tax (it's for the entire year, but who will go there again in one year?). We've eaten a nice romantic dinner in Winterthur's center for those money.
We walked through Geneva (not big deal, except for the lake :P), then through Lausanne - nice, through Luzern - very beautiful and to the hotel. We've tried to eat something on the road, but at 3pm they didn't have the kitchen opened till 6 (at one restaurant) and they told us we shouldn't try in other places on the road because we won't find the kitchen opened. it's normal for them. When entering Lausanne a police filter stopped us (did they love our romanian number? maybe they don't like the Bucharest people also :D) but after verifying the documents they let us go. Full of swans on the Switzerland's lakes, i think our guys found some better snacks :P
Tomorrow we have 193km to Hohenschwangau and then 230 till Salzburg. Because we have time ... we are thinking of going through Liechtenstein (Vaduz) because there are only 60km detour.

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