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After a long drive and 2 beers last night, 9 hours 38 minutes sleep had.  Crikey! We slept in!

We had a hot shower, breakfast and said goodbye to the not so grumpy receptionist who gave us a big wave when we left.  He was hoping we would call back on our way back from Slovenia and it was an idea.

Today’s mission was to get across Germany and into Austria so we took the motorway to make some ground.  We took the Autobahn.  For those that don’t know what this is, it’s a network of controlled access highways known for its high speeds and, in many sections, the absence of any mandatory speed limits!  Any speed can be done and we were definitely not going to be in the fast lane!

It took a good 4 hours to get across Germany even on the motorway and eventually we could see the mountains in the distance getting ever closer as we drove on. We were both excited as it brought back many memories of previous trips when we did mountain passes on our motorbikes but this time it was in the van (griff says he’s called Van Morrison).

The Austrian border came into sight and this was the country we were most looking forward to being in. Across the border we stopped at the service station to top up on diesel and we saw a cute old Mobiloil lorry on the exit of the car park and a picture had to be taken.

Back on the road we started to look for our stopping place for the night but got easily distracted with the gorgeous towns with the traditional buildings and of course the mountains!!

We tried 1 Camperconnect site but it was literally just of the main road and was pretty run down.  1 van was in there but nothing else so we decided to try the next stop we found. This was up a steep hill and was in a car park of a stable yard. We met the manager on arrival as a van had pulled up before us and that was good timing.  She had one space left and we grabbed it.

The views were to die for and we had a stroll down the road and back again just to stretch our legs. The trouble with being in the van for long periods, your legs do ache so it was a welcome relief the walk.

A light dinner of bread, meat, cheese and beer and we were in our happy place and ready to settle for the night. Tomorrow’s plan is to go over the mountains and which one I’ll update you on tomorrow ;-)….