Although the landscape didn't change much, driving alongside and through the Alps, the weather and the buildings changed, especially noticeable was the difference in weather, cloudy and grey in Germany, sunny and bright in Italy.
Germany
Leaving Austria behind us
Arriving in Italy
The churches in Germany with their rounded domes and in Italy with a more traditional spire.
The country side was green throughout, the rivers and lakes a bright turquoise, lots of trees and splashes of colours in the towns from the flowers planted everywhere and of course the vines in Italy.
Every village we drove through was decorated with paintings on the buildings and flowers in pots galore on balconies.
When leaving Germany and before entering Austria you need to stop at the border and purchase a Vertrieb card to display on your windscreen, it is picked up by radar as you drive and without it, there are huge tolls to pay.
You need to pay great attention to the road signs to know when you're entering each country, as without borders and the landscape being the same, it would be easy to miss other than the phone companies sms.
Wow, it's really pretty!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great day it was ! Thanks for the visit. The next one will be to Dubai and on your next visit here, we will visit Prague ! Dirk XXX
ReplyDeleteSo looking forward to it
DeleteLovely pictures - and great to see the difference (or not much) between the countries too. Thanks for linking to #PoCoLo
ReplyDeleteWe covered 250km each way and very little changed other than the subtle differences with the churches
DeleteGreat pictures Suzanne! I love the difference in weather! The buildings look so different too - it's all very interesting. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking to #PoCoLo - sorry for the delayed comment. xx
we've certainly noticed the difference between the UK, Germany and the UAE, so lovely to see so much greenery
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