{"id":2172,"date":"2013-06-25T22:15:23","date_gmt":"2013-06-25T21:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/?p=2172"},"modified":"2026-05-25T05:08:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T04:08:28","slug":"and-on-to-austria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/2013\/06\/25\/and-on-to-austria\/","title":{"rendered":"And On To Austria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the rain finally stopped, at some time in the middle of the night, we wondered what we might be waking up to, because snow had been forecast.\u00a0 I was the first one out of the door in the morning and found us surrounded by only puddles.\u00a0 However, on walking back from the shower block, the clouds had lifted a little and the mountains had come in to view.\u00a0 The tops were all covered with fresh snow and they looked beautiful.\u00a0 We realised that having just passed the longest day in the northern hemisphere, we are obviously heading back towards winter, perhaps rather quicker than we had expected.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2173\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2173\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2173\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110520-New-snow-above-the-campsite-in-St-Moritz-800x455.jpg\" alt=\"New snow above the campsite in St Moritz \" width=\"800\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110520-New-snow-above-the-campsite-in-St-Moritz-800x455.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110520-New-snow-above-the-campsite-in-St-Moritz-800x455-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110520-New-snow-above-the-campsite-in-St-Moritz-800x455-600x341.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110520-New-snow-above-the-campsite-in-St-Moritz-800x455-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110520-New-snow-above-the-campsite-in-St-Moritz-800x455-96x54.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New snow above the campsite in St Moritz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At 10am we drove through St Moritz, stopping briefly in a car park to replace a bulb in one of Eileen\u2019s indicators, and then set off on another very scenic drive.\u00a0 Through Samedin and Zuoz, the valley was wide with a line of snow-capped mountains on both sides along the Ober-Engadin Valley.\u00a0 At Susch we turned north-east up the Unter-Engadin Valley which was a heavily wooded, far narrower valley which twisted and turned beside the river that rushed downhill beside us.\u00a0 At times the river seemed to be racing us, as it frothed and foamed, and I would definitely not have wanted to kayak down it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2174\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2174\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2174\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110523-Early-morning-St-Moritz-800x462.jpg\" alt=\"Early morning St Moritz See\" width=\"800\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110523-Early-morning-St-Moritz-800x462.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110523-Early-morning-St-Moritz-800x462-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110523-Early-morning-St-Moritz-800x462-600x346.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110523-Early-morning-St-Moritz-800x462-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110523-Early-morning-St-Moritz-800x462-96x55.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2174\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Early morning St Moritz See<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At Scuol the valley widened again and before long we were at the Swiss border.\u00a0 We slowed to stop, but no-one seemed to be around; no \u201cgoodbye and thank you for coming\u201d, so we continued on, wondering where the Austrian guards might be.\u00a0 We drove for about 5 kms through an extremely steep-sided gorge and then found the sign saying we were crossing the border.\u00a0 About 2 kms further on, we finally found the Austrian border guard house, but again it seemed to be empty, no \u201cwelcome to Austria and we hope you enjoy your stay\u201d, so we drove on wondering who owned that no-man\u2019s land in the gorge\u2026? \u00a0The Inntal Valley was however, an attractive entry to Austria and we pulled up in Ried, at Camping Dreil\u00e4ndereck.\u00a0 The reception wasn\u2019t open for another two hours and the whole place seemed a bit of a ghost town, but we just fancied a short day and we needed to get a load of washing done&#8230;. which we did.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2175\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2175\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2175\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110525-Castle-at-Tarasp-in-the-Unter-Engadin-Valley-800x448.jpg\" alt=\"Castle at Tarasp in the Unter Engadin Valley \" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110525-Castle-at-Tarasp-in-the-Unter-Engadin-Valley-800x448.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110525-Castle-at-Tarasp-in-the-Unter-Engadin-Valley-800x448-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110525-Castle-at-Tarasp-in-the-Unter-Engadin-Valley-800x448-600x336.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110525-Castle-at-Tarasp-in-the-Unter-Engadin-Valley-800x448-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110525-Castle-at-Tarasp-in-the-Unter-Engadin-Valley-800x448-96x53.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Castle at Tarasp in the Unter-Engadin Valley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Around 10am on Tuesday, we tried to leave the campsite (with brilliant six-minute timers on the showers\u2026.!) but couldn\u2019t get out on to the main road.\u00a0 A bike race was in action through the village and vehicles were banking up behind and beside us.\u00a0 Lots of people were out of their cars taking photos, but some were getting a bit fidgety that they couldn\u2019t move.\u00a0 We weren\u2019t too bothered as it was a rainy day and we didn\u2019t have anything in particular planned, apart from driving a bit further north.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2177\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2177\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2177\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110526-Waiting-for-the-cycle-race-to-finish-in-Ried-800x531.jpg\" alt=\" Waiting for the cycle race to finish in Ried \" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110526-Waiting-for-the-cycle-race-to-finish-in-Ried-800x531.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110526-Waiting-for-the-cycle-race-to-finish-in-Ried-800x531-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110526-Waiting-for-the-cycle-race-to-finish-in-Ried-800x531-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110526-Waiting-for-the-cycle-race-to-finish-in-Ried-800x531-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110526-Waiting-for-the-cycle-race-to-finish-in-Ried-800x531-96x63.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2177\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Waiting for the cycle race to finish in Ried<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Then again, we didn\u2019t expect to get held up for quite so long; after 20 minutes or so, all the drivers were starting to feel too held-up and began pulling out whenever there was a gap in the bikes coming past.\u00a0 After a while we followed suite and then got trapped and had to head south, when we wanted to be heading in the opposite direction!\u00a0 It took us a while to get out of the midst of the riders and on to a main road that would take us north, but after a long, convoluted diversion, we got there in the end.<\/p>\n<p>We stopped at Imst for some food shopping at the big Spar supermarket, where we met a young friendly butcher who helped us find zwei huhn breasts.\u00a0 He then doubled up as the baker and helped us choose a loaf of bread, \u201csorry, no baguette today\u201d.\u00a0 His English was so good; it does embarrass us that we\u2019re so hopeless, but we continue to try in every language.\u00a0 Now, which one am I supposed to be attempting today\u2026.?<\/p>\n<p>We took the road up over the Fern Pass and the views were good, but with cloudy skies and drizzly rain, I\u2019m sure it could have been so much better.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2176\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2176\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2176\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110530-The-view-north-at-the-top-of-the-Fern-Pass-800x497.jpg\" alt=\"The view north at the top of the Fern Pass\" width=\"800\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110530-The-view-north-at-the-top-of-the-Fern-Pass-800x497.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110530-The-view-north-at-the-top-of-the-Fern-Pass-800x497-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110530-The-view-north-at-the-top-of-the-Fern-Pass-800x497-600x372.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110530-The-view-north-at-the-top-of-the-Fern-Pass-800x497-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110530-The-view-north-at-the-top-of-the-Fern-Pass-800x497-96x59.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The view north at the top of the Fern Pass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At Reutte, we checked in to Camping Reutte; creative name and far easier to say than yesterday\u2019s and then we went for a stroll into town.\u00a0 At the gate we turned right, if we had turned left we would have ended up at the Bezirkskrankenhaus and that worried me.\u00a0 A basic translation in my head meant it was a &#8216;crazy suffering house&#8217;, but upon checking, it is actually the district hospital, oops.\u00a0 We wandered through the main street of the town, but turned around before crossing the river, or we could have ended up in W\u00e4nkle or Winkl.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2178\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2178\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110531-A-hotel-in-Reutte-800x508.jpg\" alt=\"A hotel in Reutte\" width=\"800\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110531-A-hotel-in-Reutte-800x508.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110531-A-hotel-in-Reutte-800x508-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110531-A-hotel-in-Reutte-800x508-600x381.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110531-A-hotel-in-Reutte-800x508-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110531-A-hotel-in-Reutte-800x508-96x60.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hotel Adler in Reutte<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We rounded off the day with a chicken curry followed by cherries and strawberries and drank a bottle of the local white wine.\u00a0 Tomorrow we will get our tourist hats back on and the camera back in action.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2179\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2179\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2179\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110535-The-Ehrenberg-ruin-near-our-campsite-in-Reutte-800x488.jpg\" alt=\"The Ehrenberg ruin near our campsite in Reutte\" width=\"800\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110535-The-Ehrenberg-ruin-near-our-campsite-in-Reutte-800x488.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110535-The-Ehrenberg-ruin-near-our-campsite-in-Reutte-800x488-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110535-The-Ehrenberg-ruin-near-our-campsite-in-Reutte-800x488-600x366.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110535-The-Ehrenberg-ruin-near-our-campsite-in-Reutte-800x488-150x91.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110535-The-Ehrenberg-ruin-near-our-campsite-in-Reutte-800x488-96x58.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ehrenberg ruin near our campsite in Reutte<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the rain finally stopped, at some time in the middle of the night, we wondered what we might be waking up to, because snow had been forecast.\u00a0 I was the first one out of the door in the morning and found us surrounded by only puddles.\u00a0 However, on walking back from the shower block, 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