Venezia!

It's more than a week into our grand tour of Europe, and I wish this wasn't my first post, but a combination of spotty Wifi and a very busy schedule didn't leave much time for a blog. Trillion was able to write about Paris, and since then we have traveled across most of Western Europe and toured all around the beautiful city of Venice (or Venezia, in italian).

On our way, we traveled across Switzerland, Austria, and the Dolomite region of Italy. In Switzerland we visited interlaken before driving the Sustenpass, a high elevation mountain pass in the middle of the alps. It was terrifying as we meandered up switchbacks in to the clouds where we could only see 30 ft in front of us. Unfortunately, the clouds meant no stunning views of the valley below, but there were plenty of other spectacular views when we were not at such a high elevation.

We stayed the night in the sleepy skiing village of Gaschurn, Austria (shown in the picture, notice the clouds covering the tops of the mountains). We were the only people staying in our Bed and Breakfast called Gastehaus Rifa. Dinner was the memorable

part. We ate at a nearby restaurant and all got classic Austrian fare. The inside was covered with cuckoo clocks and wood carvings and it was truly spectacular. I got the schnitzel (fried pork) and it came with a ton of delicious fries.

The next day we went to Innsbruck, and then drove on down through the alps to a town called Treviso near venice. Innsbruck was a really interesting city. The picture is of Trillion and I in front of the town square, with the famous golden roof behind us. I got some good

Schweinebraten at the biergarten we ate at. You'll probably hear about more Schweinebraten in about a month and a half. It's time to head back out to Venice, so that's all for now. Hopefully I will post about Venice soon! It is truly a unique place. Hope all is well in the states.