Konstanz to Salzburg

What a difference a day makes! We were woken by the torrential rain and it was not about to let up and with the rain came a significant temperature drop. We wanted to stay in bed but Salzburg was beckoning.

Fiona had trouble with the first part of our journey  as it involved a ferry crossing right across the middle of Lake Konstanz. This would save us many miles circumnavigating the lake and ended up being a highly efficient and low cost experience. To travel this distance, a little further than crossing the Solent from Portsmouth to Ryde,  the cost was less than £7 with the car!  Oh! for nationalised transport systems, keeping communities connected.

It was pretty well all motorway via Munich to Salzburg and the German motorway experience was something else.  No speed limit, no services and very little spray free tarmac. The outside lane was like a firing range with cars, like bullets, racing past in a blur of spray. The rest stops, which consisted of just a layby, were frequent, had no loos, just a line of trees that substituted for loos, and were therefore very unsavoury to walk near.

The rain did relent just as we approached Salzburg, thank goodness. The unfolding Austrian countryside was picture book stuff with the snow capped mountains encircling undulating green fields and budding woods.  So here we are for a 3 night stay. We won’t be sorry to leave the car for a couple of days and just hope the thunderstorms and rain forecast will hold off for a couple of days.