Today we are heading to Switzerland. The Swiss Alps, that means high altitude and snow!
The route for today has been checked for roadblocks because of snow earlier. There are roads closed in the Alps, but we can pass them.
But before we enter Switzerland, we have to go along many Italian highway. Much highway. And Italian highway means: toll road. At the first tollbooth we had to pay, there was a young man. I had no idea what the costs would be and the Italian language stays a bit difficult, but a € 5,- bill was ok for hime and he gave me back € 2,-.
At the next tollbooth, there was an older man. I wanted to give him a € 5,- bill, but that was not enough. He showed me € 50,-. He gave me back very small change. When he opend the barrier and we took off, he began to shout. Maybe Jack had to pay too…we will never know…
At the last tollbooth there was only a payment terminal. The machine was happy with € 27,50.
Very special, the difference of prices. Such a difference with France! So it was an expensive day.
Mid-afternoon it started to rain. But Switzerland is very beuatiful, with its special houses. Unfortunately my photocamera fell on the ground during a photo stop in such a nice village and became total loss.
When we arrived at Oberwald, it turned out that all roads to the North were closed. Closed because of the danger of avalanches. So we went searching for alternative roads, but they were all closed. Eventually we spoke to someone in a village ahead, who told us that taking the train through the Furkatunnel was the only option.
So we went back to Oberwald and bought tickets for the train. The train could carry cars and even small trucks. Our motorbikes could even parked inside the train.
Also a part of the adventure.
The train travel ended in Realp. From there we were looking for a hotel. In Andermatt we found Gasthaus zum Sternen, were we stayed the night.
The planned route to Inertkirchen:
Distance: 470 km
Expected driving time: 6:06u
Lowest point: 161 m
Highest point: 2171 m
The route as driven was 462 km (including train and exclusive search for alternatives).
Below the route as driven:
Altitude profile of day 6
Data of this day:
| 09:21 | Left from hotel Albergo Panice |
| 09:40 – 09:43 | Short stop |
| 09:57 | Tollbooth A33 |
| 10:31 | Tollbooth A6 |
| 10:40 – 10:50 | Refuel at Moncalieri (Turin) |
| 11:13 | Tollbooth exit A55 |
| 11:47 – 12:29 | Lunch at Autogrill along the A4 |
| 12:54 | Tollbooth E62 |
| 13:02 – 13:06 | Short stop |
| 13:13 – 13:17 | Photostop at Lago Maggiore |
| 13:36 – 13:48 | Refuel at Stresa (didn’t work) |
| 13:51 – 14:06 | Refuel Baveno (2nd attempt) |
| 14:26 – 14:33 | Stop along the E32 for putting on rain suit |
| 15:00 – 15:03 | Photostop |
| 15:07 | Swiss border |
| 15:29 – 15:45 | Photostop along the 9 (in the snow) |
| 16:56 – 17:14 | Photostop Geschinen |
| 17:30 | Faced with closed roads |
| 17:30 – 18:10 | Looking for alternatives |
| 18:10 – 18:39 | Waiting for train |
| 18:39 – 19:00 | With train through the mountains |
| 19:11 | Arrival at Andermatt (Gasthaus zum Sternen) |
Photo’s
1st part of Italy
Lago Maggiore
North Italy
Switzerland part 1
Switzerland part 2 (Simplonpas to Brig)
Switzerland part 3 (Brig to Furkapas)
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