I have probably used that gitle before after some muserable day beyween Lands End and John O'G - but it describes my sentiments!!
We left communist-era inspired Basel at 0800 and quickly found the route (robin and his garmin is the combination to go for!)
We soon were outside the city in absolutely lovely lush scenery , pretty small villages, and more and more hills. Before lunch we had climbed almost 1000 metres at 12-16% - all stayed on the pedals - no headwind!!
We had a great Italian lunch in small village (in contrast to France where cafes or restaurants are rare commodities, in Switzerland a village consits of two or more houses of which at least one is in the catering trade). Onwards following the river upstream (there is a colossal amount of water in this contry - the rivers are mostly near the top of their banks and the flow is rather frightening - but hydroelectric power? Not much evidence of that!)
Arrived at our destination Luzerne on the lake in the late afternoon. an absolutely beautiful city surrounded by snow-capped mountains. Lots of cafes and restaurants. We are staying in a delightful old hotel on the top of a steep hill - but we are used to that (hills!).
Tomorrow is the Italian border - and sadly goodbye to Paul who is heading home. He has been a super companion and will be much missed! Until we go off on our next adventure (i hope Nicola is not reading this!)
It has been a fantastic day with excellent cycling, great ups and downs finished off with roasted suckling pig - washed down with a special brau. We will sleep well tonight!
Hope you all remembered to vote- we did! As if it makes a hoot of a difference with our ridiculous FPTP voting system!!
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