Sue and Martin in Mallorca 2019

Sue and Martin in Mallorca 2019
On the Archduke's Path in Mallorca

Thursday, 11 February 2021

Summer in the Alps - 2005 - Saturday 20 August - Innsbruck, Munich and Cortina


Saturday 20 August - Innsbruck, Munich and Cortina (by Sue) 

A wet morning after a wet night. Campsite showers were nice, followed by packing up, and we were on our way to Munich at 9:15, with not much scenery to look at. 

It was not the most successful morning! To shop, a Lidl store in Kufstein seemed ideal; however they had no baskets and our armful of goods was abandoned on finding a long queue and only one cashier. A tank of diesel cost more than it should have done at the BP garage, as 'Ultimate' was used by mistake. 

We found some breakfast of croissants and cappuccinos at about 11 am, then joined a traffic jam all the way to the 'M25' of Munich. It rained intermittently. Rendezvoused with Ken and Helen (our friends from Ottawa) at about 1 pm, successfully. 

Avoided a huge traffic jam by going round the ring road in Munich central, but found several more jams further south. Stopped for a lunch of filled baguettes (an easy alternative to failing to find a shop), and another later on for coffees / tea. 

Due to heavy traffic we arrived back at Camping Dolomiti around 7:45 pm after nearly 400 miles of driving. It was dry, temporarily, for pitching our tents, (next to Ian and Caroline and family) before we headed back into Cortina for a pizza / salad meals at the usual (Porto Rotondo) restaurant, where it was nice to be recognised by the waitress. 

Bed around 10:30; more rain during the evening.

No photos were taken today, so I've inserted one from 2018, taken near Munich airport while we were waiting for Mike and Sarah's flight.

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